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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- #fragranceguru #robes08 #xerjoff #naxos
I finished my mega 8 bottle Xerjoff haul with Naxos. The hype beast is exactly what I thought it was going to be, just an entry level niche.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:26 Naxos Unboxing & 1st Impression
9:47 Outro
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I love the lavender in this one, very calming. This is a go to for me at bedtime.
100% cozy, comfort scent. Perfect bedtime scent imo
I think this is really good. I agree with you and the review and it can fall into the category of entry niche with something like Layton. I got a bottle after sampling and I wasn’t blown away but after wearing for a while I’ve learned I like it more as time passes.
It's solid for what you get and you do get 100ml of it for the price which helps the price point.
I thoroughly enjoyed it Naxos when I sampled it. I didn’t find it to be the most interesting fragrance, but I appreciate how well it’s done. Like you, I was surprised with the amount of aromatic freshness present! Eventually I’ll pick up a full bottle, but I’ve got a long list of fragrances I’d like to try first.
I was extremely surprised but it'll make it way more versatile.
I love it for the colder months, I really like how it develops over time on skin and it's reasonably priced I think.
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Definitely agree about the lavender!! Long ago I tried to recreate the effect by layering Insurrection Wild II with Caron's Pour un Homme 😆 Not even close, but what an interesting Frankenstein of a combo. Naxos lovely for the autumn. 🍁
Gonna try that one, thanks for the rec 😆
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The lavender is what makes this frag for me. It is an easy wear, and I don't have alot of those. Big fan of this one, personally.
Great to hear!
You're spot on. Solid easy niche.
I just bought a sample 3 days ago, and I cannot wait to try it.😁
Hope you like it!
@@robes08 😂 Is Naxos overrated?
I enjoyed your review and honest opinion of this hype beast fragrance.
In my opinion, this is one of the few fragrances that deserves the hype. But I am a consumer that just began his niche journey about a year ago. This fragrance gets accolades from me because it is a high quality fragrance, is enjoyed by others when I wear it, and is interesting enough to wear often without getting bored of it.
I realize that this may not be the most original scent out there but it is unique and appealing enough to me to earn a spot in my fall rotation.
And BTW it is kinda sexy too! Which is always a plus in my book.
thank you for sharing your thoughts on it, we are all in different parts of our journey and I appreciate yours!
@@robes08 - Thanks for keeping it classy. We can disagree without being disagreeable!
Really good to hear the thoughts! I was also late to try it, I think I got it when covid pandemic started, around that time. I was mostly hesitant to try because I hate when niche clones a designer. I am big fan of pure havane but I didn't want to try Xerjoff clone of it, but to be honest to me, this is not too similar to pure havane. Maybe it's due to my skin but I don't find it super similar other than both being sweet and honey based. On me Xerjoff Naxos has pretty good punch of both aromatic and citrus facets that last throughout whole lifetime of fragrance. I can wear this one even in summer. Considering this collection is cheaper then rest of their line I see Naxos and Renaissance as good value for money compared to other xerjoff's. I am a type of person that doesn't look at price when buying but I had to say since there is lot of much expensive stuff that is not nearly as good. Still Richwood is my favorite, Alexandria || might be second, then comes Nio and Kobe and then I can put Naxos and Renaissance
Thank you so much for sharing , great info here!
You're welcome. Thanks, appreciate all you are doing here.@@robes08
Great synopsis Marc. I own Naxos and a vintage Pure Havane. And I have to say for me Naxos doesn’t blow me away. Far too much vanilla in the mid for my liking and makes the composition waaay too smooth. However it does save itself with a wonderful pipe tobacco accord that develops in the late dry down which is great. Gonna be controversial here and say I prefer the rough around the edge approach with the Havane, and that tobacco, dirty patchouli combo; which just edges it over the line for me.
Appreciate your thoughts and I can see Havane's edges being more interesting.
Great video and I enjoyed it and I like this fragrance and I give it a 10 out of 10 in my opinion and have a blessed day
Thanks, you too!
You welcome keep up the good work and thank you very much GOD BLESS 🙏
You are so right about the lavander in Naxos, it is very nice and makes Naxos a mote mature version of pure havane. Have them both love them both. Great take brother 👍👍👍
Appreciate ya! Thanks for stopping by!
I can tell you that compared to my 2018 bottle, the new back up bottle I just received that was produced only a few months ago is a lot different. This starts with a lot more citrus and lavender(could be that my older bottle lost its top notes over the years) and what's strikingly different is how the new batch smells much more synthetic in its sweet notes, notably vanilla. My old bottle dries down to this gorgeous, saturated smell of dark, resinous honey and almost smokey tobacco and stays like that until the next day, but the new batch kind of becomes a skin scent after 4-5 hours and dries down to nothing but a synthetic vanilla with something akin to ambroxan. I am very disappointed by my new bottle, but this perfume is known to be affected by age and maceration. But wearing side by side with my older bottle, I can most definitely tell you one-two spray from the older bottle lasts until the next day, when 4-5 sprays from the new bottle lasts around 5 hours. Huge difference in projection and longevity.
Appreciate your detailed info on Naxos. Thank you.
How long does it take to macerate and perform better? I’m experiencing the same thing. Very disappointed after getting a sample that was insane and then the new bottle being weak
Just got the new Tobacco Honey from Guerlain in the Lart and Matiere line. It's incredible. To me at least. No regrets on the blind buy.
It climbed on top of my wishlist.
I don't think you'll regret it.
Hi Marc. Very good and straight to the point review. I have tried a sample of Naxos, but i will hold to buy it due to budget reason 😂. I hope you can try another 1 from Xerjoff line called Via Cavour 1.
Thank you & have a great day ahead
I noted Via for my future samplin' for Xerjoff. Appreciate you!
Ahhhh Naxos the gateway drug into a much deeper/more interesting niche catalog. Glad I bought it…but it hasn’t gotten much use since I’ve tried other niche/Xerjoff offerings…
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what's your top 5 from Xerjoff? because for me this is 1'st place
Mark, what about that samples video!? Can't wait for that one! Make it already 😤
which ones? I have two coming this weekend, Roja Oceania is coming today.
I think I’m 1 of the few women who thinks this is amazing ❤❤❤❤ I’ve seen a few women that wear it but I’m in love … I also have pure Havana but still love Naxos more
You can't be alone, I'm sure many women love this DNA.
The top 5 on my shelf are from Xerjoff:- Naxos - 40 knots - Starlight - Renaissance and honorable mention for Tony Iommi monkey special, those are my bangers which I always count to 10 before pulling the trigger, casually I would wear the real entry level bottles which I had started with since I started my journey into niche which are mostly PDMs such as Layton- Carlisle - Percival- Haltane.... they're really easy going entry level into niche and also I can feel the difference in the quality of the scent itself between PDM and Xerjoff, where Xerjoff is more classy, more creative and they're tricky btw, 40 knots is so complex scent, most people say its aquatic or oceanic or whatever, but in reality after the blast of the opening its musky salty and every time you wear it, it performs differently and you detect something different, which is very interesting, anw that was just my opinion, thanks for the content was interesting to watch, keep it up mate, cheers!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Free bottle brigade :) Didn't hear that one. Naxos is like basic literature among niche fragrances. Likeable,nothing complexed, can be always on the shelf.
perfect comment.
I thought it smelled great for those first few hours. Still smells solid afterwards, real smooth.
For the money i expected something.. not so linear and lavender dominant. The lavender, vanilla and honey play bigger roles than any tobacco, at least to my nose. Guess my expectations were incorrectly placed with this one lol
It happens, reviews don't help either throwing this out as something different.
Xerjoff fragrances are always very gentle and well blended, and I think it's by design for general masses..
It's a small step up from designer imo, a tiny little step but the price is a huge step. Most times it does not balance out price Vs quality
Two questions @robes08:
1. which Batch code of Naxos do you have? As many other great fragrances, Naxos had to go to a reformulation due to Lilial in the original formulation. 2021 and older bottles are significantly better in my opinion
2. what do you think about Naxos after some more testing? A test drive would be amazing 🤩
1. My bottle is newer. 2. My thoughts haven't changed much tbh, a test drive will come most likely next year after I get a full fall and winter with it to see what I get.
@@robes08 amazing. Looking forward to it. Thank you for your help 🙏
I was on board with Naxos from the get go with the lavender being the unique addition. But in subsequent wearings the scent profile started to annoy me, and I attributed that to the amped up lavender. With the sweet honey it makes it extremely cloying to me. So much so that as my finger was poised over the "Buy" button for Naxos I deviated at the last second to the More Than Words "Buy" button and clicked. Lavender does not need to be in that composition. And lavender is my favorite note!
Thanks for sharing!
That's a good way to put it - entry level niche. I have a collection of over 100 XJ, Kemi, Casamorati and Naxos is one of my least favorites. The scent dna always made me think of a bad cough syrup I hated as a kid and ever since that image I haven't cared for Naxos or Pure Havane. It's one that shines most in the cooler weather and is cloying if too warm or humid. From the 1861 collection of Zefiro, Decas, Renaissance and Naxos I prefer Renaissance and Zefiro. I can see the mass appeal of Naxos and to an extent, the hype but I find it overrated personally and not one of the better scents for me.
I do need to get my nose on Zefiro
I found that, like most fragrances, you can’t really get everything you need to know about Naxos until you experience the dry down of it. That’s where the finer (and excellent) differences come in. The dry down is just scrumptious.
That is why I have a series called Test Drive which I buckle down and test the scent for several days. For full reviews I go full seasons so you won't see a review of this one for at least a year.
@@robes08This. This is what so many reviewers never do, and never mention. Maybe its not always true, but in my experience, you can never ever go by first impressions entirely. First, the juice macerates a little depending on what ingredients are used and how old it is, and sometimes just using the atomizer actually creates some air in the bottle. Second, your nose and your mood is different day to day, and i can say with all honesty that most fragrances I’ve tried that I didn’t care much for, I came back to later and had a different appreciation for. Different notes radiate, maybe I perceive it differently based on how dry my skin is, or how humid or warm outside it is, i mean, theres just too many factors to base an opinion on something as subjective as fragrance too quickly. Ive actually tried testing a perfume once, I sprayed it on myself, my brother, my mom, and my dad. It smelled slightly different on each of us, different notes were stronger on others, and we’re all part of the same family, with very similar skin, so just imagine how differently fragrances will be on different people altogether.
While it has some resemblance to PH, I wouldn’t say they are that close. Naxos has freshness (bergamot and lavender), smoother base (amber vs A*men vanilla-patchouli combo). Honey-tobacco accord is really the only thing they have in common. Pure Havane falls back to A*men drydowb while this is going light amber. Very versatile (PH isn’t). This is 10/10 for me and PH never was, even on a designer level…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Let's gooooooo 🙏🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
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I liked the opening a lot but hated the dry down. I was looking for a tobacco fragrance and this wasn’t it. I tried to approach it as a “no that much tobacco” fragrance and still just couldn’t do it. The opening was really nice, but the dry down just didn’t do it for me. The honey smells like you were messing with honey and didn’t wash your hands and just let the honey dry. It smells sticky, if that makes sense. I guess I like fragrances that are a bit more bold, this one was light but cloying at the same time.
Thank you for sharing, great take on the scent.
It's not my favorite, but Girl Like It 😂😂... I can't wait to buy Richwood
Richwood I heard was reformulated but it's excellent.
@@robes08 they always do something 🤣🤣 but again thanks for the Heads ⬆️ UP 💪
If you haven't gotten your nose on Homme, you should. It is my favorite Xerjoff. Naxos didn't impress me enough to purchase it.
Own it, said in the video it's in my Top 2 for Xerjoff.
I just sprayed my older Naxos decant on to remind myself. I find the tobacco + honey + florals to not really work for me. It's lighter than I'd expect out of the genre, and something in the base feels cheap to me. I'm pretty sure it's the lavender + other floral notes that are clashing with the honey/tobacco. Like most Xerjoffs, Naxos doesn't really do it for me.
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Never sniffed this one ,but the main note composition is always a winner for any fragrance if done tastefully 👍 thanks Mark nice one 🙏✌️👍
Thanks for sharing!
I totally get what you said about it, it's a very safe fragrance and it smells very good, I even sprayed it today while watching your review, but really it does nothing to me, just meh, and that Fabuloso note, and trust me those cleaning products pay a fortune to select the right scent, it should be appealing to millions, so I don't say it in a disrespectful way, of course the materials used by Xerjoff might be of a better quality but... If I have to give it a score, for it would be a 4 😬You know I don't follow season rules, I wore it in the winter and also in the summer, I prefer it in the dry heat that in the cold, for the cold I reserve much darker fragrances and one or two freshies like Vanilla vibes or Loewe Paula's Ibiza 😆 Need to try others from the brand , right now If I'm going to get a Xerjoff it will be Kobe. Great Unboxing as usual, thank you Marc!!!
I love hearing that you wear the scent during my review, like I give you a play by play.
interesting review thanks. Have you tried Pure Tonka ?
Yes I own all the Mugler Pure's.
@@robes08 Love Pure Tonka in the Fall and Winter
What would be that “blow your socks kind of good” top 5? Really curious! 😄
from Xerjoff? It'll start with Richwood and Homme and probably 1861 Rene. The next two would need me to take some time to choose them but those 3 are standouts.
The scent reminds me of church for some reason. The packaging reminds me of church and the bottle itself reminds me of the pope. The fact that it is Italian just reminds me of the pope even more lol
lol I don't know what to say about this comment
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out of this line Decas is the best one, a nice tobbaco floral
May be worth a sniff
Can you do a top 5 of Xerjoff?
I could
Can you do a review for Ramon Monegal perfumes?
I have a few samples of the brand, i'll take a look
I picked up a sample and though it smelled good, it did not live up to the hype for me. Wouldn't buy a full bottle. I used to have Pure Havane and traded it away.
Thanks for sharing and seems like how I feel.
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congrats!
Just got mine today and geez this shit is witchcraft. The dry down is just illegal. You just got to let that dry down kick in. Also, it projects like a mofo so keep the sprays down gents 😂😂😂
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That was an absurd amount of sprays. With Naxos, you really only need 2...
I always do that on unboxings. It really shows me the introduction. On regular days I then start looking at appropriate sprays.
It got reformulated a while ago (you can clearly see that older batches are way darker in color) and is definetly not as potent as it used to be anymore.
No, not as good as Richwood, but this is a hypebeast that deserves the love it gets. Renaissance is also awesome, but Zefiro & Decas did not do it for me at all.
I knew I forgot about Decas. Thanks Muddy
@@robes08 for me Zefiro & Decas are a bit of a mess of notes that just don't work in harmony together. There's something to be liked about both, but I also feel that they are trying to do too much.
Give me 3 fragrances that can beat naxos
I'll do you one better, 3 from the same brand again it's imo (Homme, Richwood and Renaissance)
is this a cop reviewing a niche fragrance?
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what is Pure Havane doing there? Pure Havane is one of the best designer scents ever. period. it is marvellous. and so alluring. It attracts females. it is almost a compliment guarantee. Naxos? no. smells totally different. like a high-quality laundry softener with lavender. I don't want to smell like that. edit: I have a decant and it is the one scent in my collection, that I never wanted to spray again. every time I give it another chance, it is more disappointing. overhyped.
Pure Havane was there for visual sakes.
Why u so pressed