You're not the only one who is complaining about performance.There's a lot of push back against Creed lately by all reviewers that all their fragrances are watered down and weaker now than even just a couple years ago. Blackrock is driving them into the ground. They're really going to have to get it together and improve their performance. If anything their prices should be lower and not going up. They're a poor value now.
@@javiervelez892 It seems after Blackrock took them over a couple years ago the quality has fallen. Proof a financial investment services company knows nothing about perfumery and would be more about squeezing out as much profit as possible.
@@javiervelez892 I was the same GIT worked well on me I had 2 bottles and performed great. I recently got part of a 250 ml bottle around September/October and my mate split it into 5 x50ml. The 50ml split I received is very poor. I’m not sure if my work mate has played around with it so he gets more (I can’t see that happening)
This for me is the best fragrance from Creed. You asked whether it was previously a monster, well it was. The sillage, projection and longevity was greater than it is now. However, when I have worn it even up until recently I get about 8 hours and if it gets on clothes the smell can still be smelled for days. I have replaced my bottle not with Creed but with Club de Nuit Milestone which is a very very close dupe, which has extreme sillage, projection and longevity and is £150 cheaper.
What do you layer it with so it doesn’t smell so damn girly? It smells very nice but on me, it just doesn’t smell right. I smell like I’ve been making out with a stripper.😅
@pwj86772 newer versions are definitely weaker , but still, on me, it lasts quite a few good hours and if I spray on clothes it last for a week or more! but yes, it's subtle, it doesn't leave a trail it's a skin scent!
I'm not a lover of clone fragrances. I'm a firm believer that the original creators should be supported. However, when a huge house like Creed starts disappointing customers by continuously releasing weaker, more watery versions of their scents, I do not blame people for seeking out other alternatives. That said, Club de Nuit Milestone by Armaf is an excellent clone of this fragrance. It smells like this stuff did years ago. Now, it's a fragrance that I am on the fence about. I love certain aspects of it, like the citruses and musks, but I'm not the biggest fan of the salty melon notes. I know that is the part most people rave about, but for me, personally, on my skin, it often comes off a bit strange. Might give it a few more chances this summer and see if anything has changed.
I have two of the older bottles and I have no complaints about the performance. IMHO: it’s the best fragrance from Creed. Unfortunately Creed isn’t the only brand that’s watering down their fragrances and raising their prices; which is exactly why these clones houses are getting so much attention.
Yes. There are more than a few designers that have watered there products down. I bought a rather large collection around 2017 even and bought multiple Chanel /Dior and sometimes when I go to the malls I will spray there’s they have setting out and I can immediately tell the difference, especially if you have a bottle from when the fragrance first launched blue Chanel parfum for example,
My 2021 batch is really strong. I think after I let it sit for a while it smells stronger than when I first bought it. But I mostly use this for layering. The older batches do last a little bit longer and there was also another fruit/melon kind of note that seemed to disappear in new batches. But it still didn’t last extremely long. Any other collectors here know what I’m talking about with that melon/fruit note that used to be stronger in the old batches of this?
Creed Millesime Imperial was a Magnum Opus Masterpiece from 1995-2010!!! And was one of the Sexiest club fragrances of all time. I was undefeated when wearing this one....slaying both Mature/Young Adult ladies.❤
Fantastic review as always. I couldn't agree more. Sadly, this is one time where even in its original formulation, Millesime Imperial was never a fragrance that had great projection or sillage. Just a very pleasant fruity aquatic fragrance perfect for high heat environments.
Hey Aaron ! As always, great video ! I’d love to see you testing the house of Widian ! Sahara II could be a new favorite of yours !☺️ super high quality Fragrances with all kind of good stuff !☺️ Keep doing what u love and always be as u are 🦄
I had a 2013 bottle of Millesime Imperial and it lasted about 16 hours till I showered most of the time with pretty good projection. Stuff was crazy for a fresh fragrance
Lucky you, for me and few others, never had this performance on skin... and I did use 3 bottles. However, very nice olfactory experience so for me this was not an issue, but todays price is
Honestly this is for me one of the best smelling fragrances, if not the best one that I have bought! However it just doesn’t project that well and lasts about an hour.
The 3 creeds I have are newer and perform outstanding (SMW, Aventus, and Royal Oud), but not all do I’m sure. I think many go nose blind to their scents, and think it isn’t performing when others can still smell them very well.
@@PappyMcPoyle-vj4vt that is why I do not buy clones or watch clone videos anymore. The very people who say they care the most, but are always trying to get something for nothing. Convincing themselves that $25 crap is better than the real thing.
@@PappyMcPoyle-vj4vt also, I wear some of my favorites when I am by myself in the evening…just appreciate that someone has that kind of talent and vision to create something that I enjoy so much.
U are right i got 2 bottles of aventus and they perform amazing 8hrs+ on me i can still smell the aventus on my clothes the next day but when i got imperial i was f’d up over it such a good smell but after 5hrs its gone like completely gone and that was a bummer you would have to use about 5-6 sprays of M.I to compensate for the awful longevity and even then youd probably get a good 6 hours max like that.
I used to be a monster but decided to go human form so that I could listen to your reviews. :-) I love your reviews so very mucho, are you going to do the armaf milestone comparison?
I don't know what y'all are talking about with its longevity I work in a factory with temperatures ranging between 95 and 110 all day everyday and I can still smell it on me at the end of a 10-hour shift. Is it as strong as my Amouage interlude black iris? No but its pretty strong. It's like every few minutes you get a little kiss lol
This by far one of my favourites from the house of Creed and treasure it in my large collection. I own a 2018 batch and it's better than the current ones. Older batches are even better and do last a lot longer. My 2018 batch us lasting for about 4h so not great either although the scent itself is wayyy better than what they sell currently unfortunately. My 2018 batch is easy top 5 (perhaps also because this was my first expensive kinda niece fragrance) out of my collection of roughly 100 bottles.
Personally, my 2021 MI only lasts a few hours when worn indoors. HOWEVER, it truly comes alive on my skin during the summer heat, and it would last all day.
Beautiful Video as always, really appreciate your way with words and your profound knowledge. I‘d be really interested about your opinion on Amouage‘s Enclave.
This is my favourite from Creed. If only they could amp up the performance. Would be great if you could make something similar in this realm of fragrances. Salty something. Would be great if you could review Armaf Milestone that's basically a clone of this one. They improved upon the performance. A great alternative.
It is similar but it's not the same. It is missing whatever makes millesime a great fragrance. I have never worn the armaf after purchasing, millesime is just so much better.
@@dennygordon1969 yeah that's the market gap that Armaf's alternative is filling up right now. And ofcourse one would always want to go with the real thing but to pay for something that is now but a shadow of its past self, i think is something all of us would reconsider.
@@yrs6086 of all the armaf's, the millesime clone is definitely the closest. But they do not smell like the originals enough to justify buying them unfortunately, no matter how much less they cost. Just giving you a heads up.
Aaron,You should try Armaf Milestone which is a clone of this but has the performance of the older versions and lasts 10-12 hours. £35 for 105ml. Beats Creed hands down on performance and smells 95% the same..
Hi Aaron, I've been following you for a while and I absolutely adore you and your reviews. I was wondering if you review any fragrances that are for women? I have seen some reviews that are for unisex scents, which is amazing. If you already have a video where you talk about fragrances that are for women or unisex, can you please let me know? Either way, I follow you forever! :-)
Aaron I have Hard Candy, Blood Orange, and Notorious. I love them all! This is coming from a guy that has Xerjoff, Parfums De Marly, Nishane and Amouage. Your fragrances are as good, if not better than those.
@@kief4diamonds And I totally agree with you. It want Aaron to remain free, authentic and to have full control over his creativity process and his business. It doesn't stop the vultures hovering though waving a huge pay cheque.
@@floarenicu6072 I feel like it's closer to older batches then the newer ones. Maybe 90%. Mostly in the drydown like usual. It's not quite as high as quality as to be expected. But for the performance difference and massive price difference it's worth it to me.
@@floarenicu6072 yes absolutely. To my nose it's more of a salty honeydew melon then watermelon, but I've heard many others say it's watermelon to them. Regardless it has an awesome salty fruit vibe that drys down to a attractive musk. It's gotten me many compliments from both men and women. My wife absolutely adores it.
This fragrance was one of the most opulent. But they reformulated it in the last decade and it’s not a fraction of what it used to be. The last time I had a bottle of the original formulation was 2012. And it is a completely different scent. The clones of this smell better than the current creed version. Sad.
Not fake fragrance... armaf is a brand..a perfume house on their own... emulating these fragrances and making them their own.. called a clone pal... not a fake...
I would also love to see you review the house of Papillon Artisan Perfumes. They are a British house with a very vintage vibe. Very interesting concoctions and very well made. Liz Morales is the perfumer.
Honestly I think we should Bud Light all the hyper inflated fragrances that have no performance. I realize that some people prefer almost non-existent scents for certain occasions but that should be a selling point. You should have to look for that. If one spends hundreds of dollars on a product designed to smell good they should have reasonable expectations of performance.
If this performed better it would be my go to summer fragrance. The scent is stunning. But I ain’t paying that type of money for that type of performance
I love the smell of this fragrance but the performance is really poor on my skin. Got Armaf's Milestone instead and it smells almost identical to MI and performs better.
There was a flanker that was sold under Ed Hardy YEARSSSS ago that was more of a club version of this and it was FANTASTIC. Great projection and my signature scent for years. They reformulated years ago and its junk now.
Please also review your own fragrance creation as well on this channel. I know it'll be a little biased, but I'd still love to know your thoughts and story behind each one
Had a big sample of MI. Smells pleasant on me but mehhh. The salty fruity just wasn’t me. My gf picked up my sample and started wearing it. Smelled absolutely amazing. So I bought her a bottle. Smells very rich on her. I know she slightly oversprays + sprays on her clothes
I've got a bottle from 2019, maybe 2020 i forget. It does project but i do have to go heavier on the spray, say 4-5 sprays. I usually only spray 1-3 sprays depending, but like to keep the sillage within an arms length at the peak of the scent. Unfortunately directly to skin or on clothes, I'm getting maybe 4-5 hours then I have to look for the scent to have it vs getting whafts of the scent every now and then from moving around. I find spraying behind you, either on the neck or back allows me to enjoy the scent throughout the day instead of going blind to the scent. The scent is fantastic and has that salt vibe to it which is a nice compliment to the orange/bergamot vibe but i do wish it was slightly airier or brighter. I still have plenty left in the bottle as it is not a staple scent for me, i would be disappointed for the price if it was in constant rotation. Currently enjoying for the first Summer a bottle of Chanel Allure Homme Sport (original), for the price I can go heavy 4-5 sprays without overpowering and the longevity is pretty decent. These reviews are not only fantastic and enjoyable but also highly highly educational. Should Aaron put on a perfumery masterclass it would definitely have the backing of the community. What an invaluable knowledge and addition Aaron is to Fragcom.
I still have the bottle I bought in 2009/2010 and oddly enough it's really not that much stronger than the current iteration. Would love to sniff the original batch though lol.
I have never been super into Creed fragrances. They are nice about but not quite my style. I also do think their fragrances have weakened. When I test them now, they longevity and strength seems to be less then even I previously tested.
M.I definitely used to be a monster. I grabbed a sample, then got a bottle from a Facebook group and my bottle is a monster. Scent identical to my sample but ran batch code and bottle came back from 2017 formulation. Preforms monsterous compared to my sample from creed boutique.
I had this back In 2011/12, amazing when sprayed and heading out but it disappears within 3/4hrs! It was never a beast and I decided to go for Sean Jean - Unforgivable which was much cheaper for the crap performance but same dna and fragrance.
Now that Creed have been sold AGAIN, I wonder if they'll return to long lasting fragrances with better materials and more consistent batches, or if more of the same? Until then, it's Armaf Milestone.
Great review. Creed performance hasn’t been good in a while. I have a 2020 and 2022 bottle of Aventus that have been sitting and longevity haven’t changed. I’ll stick with Guapo, Hard Candy and Tabac going forward
It does smell nice but it evaporates off the skin... the dupes are better as performance... slightly diff opening, nails the drydown.... typical... I have too many other fragrances that I'd use for the same situation... so even if I had FU $$ to just buy whatever because I loved the smell and value didn't matter... I still wouldn't.
It never was a beast always moderate it stays on my skin a long time but it is light, my last 2 bottles of it have been the same i don't know about how it was in 1995 when it first came out, it's a beautiful scent for me i wore it today to work, Sean John unforgivable was inspired by this (the puff daddy Diddy fragrance from 2006) probably the only celebrity fragrance i liked it had a bit of a added rum note and even less performance
I don't get why people insist on Creed, honestly. Keep trying to find excuses for the watered down fragrances, keep trying to go around the stupid prices for what you get and keep ignoring the childish lies the brand puts out. So many niche brands out there, so many geniuses, artist perfumers that deserve all the support... 🤷🏻♂️
Ath we need your magical talents to create something in this dna with your touch… discounters it usually go for 180 us that’s not bad for an 100ml lovely scent just doesn’t last I usually add musk, iso 3 super or molecule 01 to give it lift
Owned a handful of Creeds over the years. Smelled some this past weekend and MUCH weaker than before. Very noticeable. Millsime Imperial was never strong but my fav.
I had an older bottle of this fragrance and sadly, the performance still sucked. I ended up selling it and replacing it with a decent clone as I still enjoy the scent dna.
Sorry for the spoiler guys but Im a little disappointed there’s no Ethyl Maltol whipping through the base of this. Great review as always.
I am saddened as well.
🤣🤣🤣 I mean, do we know Aaron or do we know Aaron? 💖
Very disappointed
😂😂😂
crestfallen....😢
You're not the only one who is complaining about performance.There's a lot of push back against Creed lately by all reviewers that all their fragrances are watered down and weaker now than even just a couple years ago. Blackrock is driving them into the ground. They're really going to have to get it together and improve their performance. If anything their prices should be lower and not going up. They're a poor value now.
The only one I get decent performance is GIT and they were made in 2020. I don’t know how it is now.
@@javiervelez892 It seems after Blackrock took them over a couple years ago the quality has fallen. Proof a financial investment services company knows nothing about perfumery and would be more about squeezing out as much profit as possible.
@@javiervelez892 I was the same GIT worked well on me I had 2 bottles and performed great. I recently got part of a 250 ml bottle around September/October and my mate split it into 5 x50ml. The 50ml split I received is very poor. I’m not sure if my work mate has played around with it so he gets more (I can’t see that happening)
@@Paulguynj well said…
@@Paulguynj if that's "the" BlackRock, no one should be buying Creed products, period. They're effing evil.
This for me is the best fragrance from Creed. You asked whether it was previously a monster, well it was. The sillage, projection and longevity was greater than it is now. However, when I have worn it even up until recently I get about 8 hours and if it gets on clothes the smell can still be smelled for days. I have replaced my bottle not with Creed but with Club de Nuit Milestone which is a very very close dupe, which has extreme sillage, projection and longevity and is £150 cheaper.
His tatoos might affect the projection of the fragrance.
agree milestone is so close it's pointless to buy M.I now. Esp with the poor performance.
@@pinzytoto7698 is that what you recommend to do then? I just found out about this creed parfume at the duty free and was tempted to buy it
What do you layer it with so it doesn’t smell so damn girly? It smells very nice but on me, it just doesn’t smell right. I smell like I’ve been making out with a stripper.😅
The only Creed I keep in my small collection. I just LOVE IT!!!
You need to add Silver Mountain Water. Random women will show you their tiddies as they walk past you
Yeah…for about 15 minutes before it disappears completely 🤣
@@pwj86772 Then I re-apply it, isn't about the money for me... 🤘🏼😉
When you say small collection.. how many are you talking about?
@pwj86772 newer versions are definitely weaker , but still, on me, it lasts quite a few good hours and if I spray on clothes it last for a week or more! but yes, it's subtle, it doesn't leave a trail it's a skin scent!
My favorite fragrance of all time! 😍🔥
I'm not a lover of clone fragrances. I'm a firm believer that the original creators should be supported. However, when a huge house like Creed starts disappointing customers by continuously releasing weaker, more watery versions of their scents, I do not blame people for seeking out other alternatives. That said, Club de Nuit Milestone by Armaf is an excellent clone of this fragrance. It smells like this stuff did years ago. Now, it's a fragrance that I am on the fence about. I love certain aspects of it, like the citruses and musks, but I'm not the biggest fan of the salty melon notes. I know that is the part most people rave about, but for me, personally, on my skin, it often comes off a bit strange. Might give it a few more chances this summer and see if anything has changed.
I have two of the older bottles and I have no complaints about the performance. IMHO: it’s the best fragrance from Creed. Unfortunately Creed isn’t the only brand that’s watering down their fragrances and raising their prices; which is exactly why these clones houses are getting so much attention.
Yes. There are more than a few designers that have watered there products down. I bought a rather large collection around 2017 even and bought multiple Chanel /Dior and sometimes when I go to the malls I will spray there’s they have setting out and I can immediately tell the difference, especially if you have a bottle from when the fragrance first launched blue Chanel parfum for example,
My 2021 batch is really strong. I think after I let it sit for a while it smells stronger than when I first bought it. But I mostly use this for layering. The older batches do last a little bit longer and there was also another fruit/melon kind of note that seemed to disappear in new batches. But it still didn’t last extremely long. Any other collectors here know what I’m talking about with that melon/fruit note that used to be stronger in the old batches of this?
Great upload Aaron, quality stuff as usual! I’d love to have your take on LV Imagination
Hi Aaron bring back the thick silver chain you used to wear 😁 great review as always!
Creed Millesime Imperial was a Magnum Opus Masterpiece from 1995-2010!!! And was one of the Sexiest club fragrances of all time.
I was undefeated when wearing this one....slaying both Mature/Young Adult ladies.❤
Wow
😂😂
Fantastic review as always. I couldn't agree more. Sadly, this is one time where even in its original formulation, Millesime Imperial was never a fragrance that had great projection or sillage. Just a very pleasant fruity aquatic fragrance perfect for high heat environments.
Hey Aaron ! As always, great video ! I’d love to see you testing the house of Widian ! Sahara II could be a new favorite of yours !☺️ super high quality Fragrances with all kind of good stuff !☺️
Keep doing what u love and always be as u are 🦄
I had a 2013 bottle of Millesime Imperial and it lasted about 16 hours till I showered most of the time with pretty good projection. Stuff was crazy for a fresh fragrance
Don't overhype the old batches, it never lasted more than 3 to 4 hours
@@dawwlo Incorrect for me. Lasted 16 hours as mentioned
@@dawwlo nah, old batches from ten years ago were nuts…8-10 hours of longevity
Lucky you, for me and few others, never had this performance on skin... and I did use 3 bottles. However, very nice olfactory experience so for me this was not an issue, but todays price is
@@dawwlo He ain't lying, 2015 lasts 12 hours on me.
Honestly this is for me one of the best smelling fragrances, if not the best one that I have bought! However it just doesn’t project that well and lasts about an hour.
On clothes at least 4 hours though, worth it for how beautiful this scent is.
The 3 creeds I have are newer and perform outstanding (SMW, Aventus, and Royal Oud), but not all do I’m sure.
I think many go nose blind to their scents, and think it isn’t performing when others can still smell them very well.
There is that…. 🤷♂️
@@PappyMcPoyle-vj4vt that is why I do not buy clones or watch clone videos anymore. The very people who say they care the most, but are always trying to get something for nothing. Convincing themselves that $25 crap is better than the real thing.
@@PappyMcPoyle-vj4vt also, I wear some of my favorites when I am by myself in the evening…just appreciate that someone has that kind of talent and vision to create something that I enjoy so much.
I have SMW and I can’t smell it but others can I can only smell it when it dries down
U are right i got 2 bottles of aventus and they perform amazing 8hrs+ on me i can still smell the aventus on my clothes the next day but when i got imperial i was f’d up over it such a good smell but after 5hrs its gone like completely gone and that was a bummer you would have to use about 5-6 sprays of M.I to compensate for the awful longevity and even then youd probably get a good 6 hours max like that.
I used to be a monster but decided to go human form so that I could listen to your reviews. :-) I love your reviews so very mucho, are you going to do the armaf milestone comparison?
Yeah, would love that comparison
Great video, always honest and straight up. God bless.
Love all the reviews. Tons of great, detailed, information in every one. Would love to hear your thoughts on Le Labo Baie 19!
I don't know what y'all are talking about with its longevity I work in a factory with temperatures ranging between 95 and 110 all day everyday and I can still smell it on me at the end of a 10-hour shift. Is it as strong as my Amouage interlude black iris? No but its pretty strong. It's like every few minutes you get a little kiss lol
Yes! Been waiting for Aaron's take on this liquid gold!!
No Ethyl Maltol whipping through the base?
It's a skip.🤣
This by far one of my favourites from the house of Creed and treasure it in my large collection.
I own a 2018 batch and it's better than the current ones.
Older batches are even better and do last a lot longer.
My 2018 batch us lasting for about 4h so not great either although the scent itself is wayyy better than what they sell currently unfortunately.
My 2018 batch is easy top 5 (perhaps also because this was my first expensive kinda niece fragrance) out of my collection of roughly 100 bottles.
Personally, my 2021 MI only lasts a few hours when worn indoors. HOWEVER, it truly comes alive on my skin during the summer heat, and it would last all day.
Please Review the cdnm Milestone, I'm scared to buy imperial because Milestone smells better/like the older batches 😢
This hairstyle really works on you!
"MILESTONE"by"ARMAF" is officially"REAL"M I by creed now😅
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Dont know if it was this or one of the clones, but In Paris I could smell this fragrance on so many people Really popular in summer.
Beautiful Video as always, really appreciate your way with words and your profound knowledge.
I‘d be really interested about your opinion on Amouage‘s Enclave.
I still have mine from 2001 and it's absolute beast mode!!! EVERYONE can smell it.
Sell samples? :)
Always excited to see your new video .
This is my favourite from Creed. If only they could amp up the performance. Would be great if you could make something similar in this realm of fragrances. Salty something. Would be great if you could review Armaf Milestone that's basically a clone of this one. They improved upon the performance. A great alternative.
It is similar but it's not the same. It is missing whatever makes millesime a great fragrance. I have never worn the armaf after purchasing, millesime is just so much better.
@@dennygordon1969 But does it perform though?
@@yrs6086 unfortunately no, not very well. I wouldn't purchase again until they up the performance.
@@dennygordon1969 yeah that's the market gap that Armaf's alternative is filling up right now. And ofcourse one would always want to go with the real thing but to pay for something that is now but a shadow of its past self, i think is something all of us would reconsider.
@@yrs6086 of all the armaf's, the millesime clone is definitely the closest. But they do not smell like the originals enough to justify buying them unfortunately, no matter how much less they cost. Just giving you a heads up.
Aaron,You should try Armaf Milestone which is a clone of this but has the performance of the older versions and lasts 10-12 hours. £35 for 105ml. Beats Creed hands down on performance and smells 95% the same..
Hello Aaron!
Nice review and awesome video. Could you make a review on Rosendo Mateu 5?
I absolutely love this fragrance. A bit disappointed in the longevity BUT if I have to I’ll just carry a travel bottle and keep applying 🤷♂️
AARON, Please can you review Orto Parisi Megamare?
Also, do you have any strong performing summer suitable fragrances from your brand?
Thanks
Try his new one Supernova - beast mode for summer 👍
@@bnev8810 thanks!
1:19 lmao love your reaction. Thats about how I feel about it too.
Hi Aaron, I've been following you for a while and I absolutely adore you and your reviews. I was wondering if you review any fragrances that are for women? I have seen some reviews that are for unisex scents, which is amazing. If you already have a video where you talk about fragrances that are for women or unisex, can you please let me know? Either way, I follow you forever! :-)
Aaron I have Hard Candy, Blood Orange, and Notorious. I love them all! This is coming from a guy that has Xerjoff, Parfums De Marly, Nishane and Amouage. Your fragrances are as good, if not better than those.
Thank you. Wait to see what I have planned for 2024/2025
@@AaronTerenceHughes Aaron, I'm going to predict now that one of the fragrance giants will eventually start knocking on your door......
Big business ruins niche. Aarons most important raw ingredient, is his love for the art. Real recognize real.
@@kief4diamonds And I totally agree with you. It want Aaron to remain free, authentic and to have full control over his creativity process and his business. It doesn't stop the vultures hovering though waving a huge pay cheque.
3 months later and he's reviewing S Boy 😅
Could you please review Eisenberg perfumes? My favorite is Love Affair, but the most popular is Jose
This has been my signature for awhile now but in the past year ive switched to CDN Milestone because it performs so much better
How close is CDN Milestone to MI?
@@floarenicu6072 I feel like it's closer to older batches then the newer ones. Maybe 90%. Mostly in the drydown like usual. It's not quite as high as quality as to be expected. But for the performance difference and massive price difference it's worth it to me.
@@mixsignal91 Does this also have that salty watermelon vibe?
@@floarenicu6072 yes absolutely. To my nose it's more of a salty honeydew melon then watermelon, but I've heard many others say it's watermelon to them. Regardless it has an awesome salty fruit vibe that drys down to a attractive musk. It's gotten me many compliments from both men and women. My wife absolutely adores it.
This fragrance was one of the most opulent. But they reformulated it in the last decade and it’s not a fraction of what it used to be. The last time I had a bottle of the original formulation was 2012. And it is a completely different scent. The clones of this smell better than the current creed version. Sad.
Love your reviews Aaron! If you into lavender frags you should try Mancera Black gold 🤓 Cheers from Sweden 🇸🇪🤙
At this point armaf Milestone is a better then the orginal and last 4x longer while smelling better
Fake fragrances are meh, they never capture the magic of og
Not fake fragrance... armaf is a brand..a perfume house on their own... emulating these fragrances and making them their own.. called a clone pal... not a fake...
ITS MY REQUEST PLZ DO REVIEW ON MILESTONE BY ARMAF.
ITS A CLONE OF M I AND LAST MUCH LONGER.
PROJECT MORE
MORE DEEP
MORE ROBUST.😏✌️
And it smells really like the OG!
@@steveparadox1 cheers✌️
is it powdery
Armaf Milestone, middle eastern clone, is how Milliseme used to be, a powerhouse and remarkably close to the original. Also an 8th the price.
We need to see a review of Armaf Milestone! The copy!
I would also love to see you review the house of Papillon Artisan Perfumes. They are a British house with a very vintage vibe. Very interesting concoctions and very well made. Liz Morales is the perfumer.
I bought a 2021 batch and unfortunately it doesn’t perform like other batches. I’ll be sticking to specific decants of Creed from now on.
I actually like this one from creed Aaron but your fragrances will always be the best to me how would you make this fragrance better
Millesime Imperial hasn't really ever been too strong of a fragrance but the scent itself is very nice
Honestly I think we should Bud Light all the hyper inflated fragrances that have no performance. I realize that some people prefer almost non-existent scents for certain occasions but that should be a selling point. You should have to look for that. If one spends hundreds of dollars on a product designed to smell good they should have reasonable expectations of performance.
If this performed better it would be my go to summer fragrance. The scent is stunning. But I ain’t paying that type of money for that type of performance
Have a look at ATH Supernova
One of my top favorite fragrance profiles. Longevity is weak but I just respray
I love the smell of this fragrance but the performance is really poor on my skin. Got Armaf's Milestone instead and it smells almost identical to MI and performs better.
You need to allow to ship to Australia please.🙏🙏
Yes please, get that Hard Candy to us.
There was a flanker that was sold under Ed Hardy YEARSSSS ago that was more of a club version of this and it was FANTASTIC. Great projection and my signature scent for years. They reformulated years ago and its junk now.
Sadly seems Armaf Milestone is doing what this one used to.
I know this fragrance from 10 years ago - it was always very, very week on my skin. But I love the scent. It just never performed at all.
It tends to be weaker in recent years but I find it nice on a hot day the sillage gets a hot weather boost
Please also review your own fragrance creation as well on this channel. I know it'll be a little biased, but I'd still love to know your thoughts and story behind each one
The prices for what you are getting w/ Creed these days is ridiculous lmao.
At least the scents smell very expensive and luxurious
@@fernmoss-456at least?
Had a big sample of MI. Smells pleasant on me but mehhh. The salty fruity just wasn’t me. My gf picked up my sample and started wearing it. Smelled absolutely amazing. So I bought her a bottle. Smells very rich on her. I know she slightly oversprays + sprays on her clothes
I've got a bottle from 2019, maybe 2020 i forget. It does project but i do have to go heavier on the spray, say 4-5 sprays. I usually only spray 1-3 sprays depending, but like to keep the sillage within an arms length at the peak of the scent.
Unfortunately directly to skin or on clothes, I'm getting maybe 4-5 hours then I have to look for the scent to have it vs getting whafts of the scent every now and then from moving around. I find spraying behind you, either on the neck or back allows me to enjoy the scent throughout the day instead of going blind to the scent. The scent is fantastic and has that salt vibe to it which is a nice compliment to the orange/bergamot vibe but i do wish it was slightly airier or brighter. I still have plenty left in the bottle as it is not a staple scent for me, i would be disappointed for the price if it was in constant rotation.
Currently enjoying for the first Summer a bottle of Chanel Allure Homme Sport (original), for the price I can go heavy 4-5 sprays without overpowering and the longevity is pretty decent.
These reviews are not only fantastic and enjoyable but also highly highly educational. Should Aaron put on a perfumery masterclass it would definitely have the backing of the community. What an invaluable knowledge and addition Aaron is to Fragcom.
Can justify this purchase based on performance... have a bottle of Armaf Milestone and it performs great
I wonder what's Creed's best fragrance right now?
Aventus Cologne, I’m finding it performing way better than current Aventus, but it is a little more grapefruit heavy to my nose.
I still have the bottle I bought in 2009/2010 and oddly enough it's really not that much stronger than the current iteration. Would love to sniff the original batch though lol.
Hey Aaron, do you think that life is full mysteries?
I have never been super into Creed fragrances. They are nice about but not quite my style. I also do think their fragrances have weakened. When I test them now, they longevity and strength seems to be less then even I previously tested.
hey have you tried milestone from armaf , i think it lasts longer than millisime imperial imo.......? how are you aaron?
Performance aside, the fragrance is pleasant enough for me to wear from time to time.
Bought a brand new tester for 275 aus. Only reason I bought it. Stays on clothes but disappears on skin sadly. Wonderful scent though
M.I definitely used to be a monster. I grabbed a sample, then got a bottle from a Facebook group and my bottle is a monster. Scent identical to my sample but ran batch code and bottle came back from 2017 formulation. Preforms monsterous compared to my sample from creed boutique.
I get good performance when I wear this, but then again my bottle is from 2014. This blends well with aventus.
I had this back In 2011/12, amazing when sprayed and heading out but it disappears within 3/4hrs! It was never a beast and I decided to go for Sean Jean - Unforgivable which was much cheaper for the crap performance but same dna and fragrance.
Can u get the Club de nuit Milestone. It's a clone of this one. Would love to see the comparison.
Smells like curry
It’s awful and I ended up using it as a toilet fragrance until I sold it
U r awesome. I'm going 2 try candy and a few of your other creations soon.
Now that Creed have been sold AGAIN, I wonder if they'll return to long lasting fragrances with better materials and more consistent batches, or if more of the same? Until then, it's Armaf Milestone.
Had the small
Bottle. Never bought it again since Milestone is the same but better and a power house nuclear beast!
Great review. Creed performance hasn’t been good in a while. I have a 2020 and 2022 bottle of Aventus that have been sitting and longevity haven’t changed. I’ll stick with Guapo, Hard Candy and Tabac going forward
I Would like to hear your thoughts and opinion on club de nuit milestone tho...can u do a review on that
@@sadaingabbidon2779 this
It does smell nice but it evaporates off the skin... the dupes are better as performance... slightly diff opening, nails the drydown.... typical... I have too many other fragrances that I'd use for the same situation... so even if I had FU $$ to just buy whatever because I loved the smell and value didn't matter... I still wouldn't.
Virgin Island Water by Creed is the best for me, sweet yet fresh, coconut, mildly rummy, smells like a pina colada and the projection is insane
Have you smelt Ozone from ATH?
@@phil.Saunders.photography unfortunately ATH is not available in Australia
wait is this Aaron Terrence Hughes who has the really nice fragrance line?
Didn't they stop using Tetralide as it accumulates in fat?
I got spring flowers lasts 2 hours maybe. But smells great.
Hi. Can you do the review of Versace Pour Homme and Versace Man Eau Fraich ? Really nice summer cheap scents.
It never was a beast always moderate it stays on my skin a long time but it is light, my last 2 bottles of it have been the same i don't know about how it was in 1995 when it first came out, it's a beautiful scent for me i wore it today to work, Sean John unforgivable was inspired by this (the puff daddy Diddy fragrance from 2006) probably the only celebrity fragrance i liked it had a bit of a added rum note and even less performance
Try out Kenzo Homme EDT Intense or EDP, decent and unique designer salty aquatics
Good shout
I love Kenzo Homme EDT
Got it as a sample with another fragrance and I fell in love with it
So aquatic and addictive. Perfect in high heat
Hi, Hope you will do video comparison between this and milestone by armaf
Thank you Aaron.
I don't get why people insist on Creed, honestly.
Keep trying to find excuses for the watered down fragrances, keep trying to go around the stupid prices for what you get and keep ignoring the childish lies the brand puts out.
So many niche brands out there, so many geniuses, artist perfumers that deserve all the support...
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Ath we need your magical talents to create something in this dna with your touch… discounters it usually go for 180 us that’s not bad for an 100ml lovely scent just doesn’t last I usually add musk, iso 3 super or molecule 01 to give it lift
Owned a handful of Creeds over the years. Smelled some this past weekend and MUCH weaker than before. Very noticeable. Millsime Imperial was never strong but my fav.
It's reformulated
It's water down
It's not Worth the price.
I mean 500$ perfume last less then 2 hours.
It's a shame😏
Indeed… indeed…
Guys the performance really isn’t bad if you actually wear this. 3 sprays gets you 7 hours easy.
Can we please review Rehab from initio
_the fragrance apprentice has entered the chat_
I had an older bottle of this fragrance and sadly, the performance still sucked. I ended up selling it and replacing it with a decent clone as I still enjoy the scent dna.
How are you? I’m fantastic! 🤙🏻