Thank you Darius for this lovely review. It’s an absolute honour. For the availability question - we do ship to most countries including the UK. If one can’t find their country in shipping options, please drop us a note and will try our best to sort it out.
Hello there 😀 I'm so glad to hear your thoughts about creed Absolu Aventus which I reviewed previously & I shared the same opinion on as you! It's just the cousin of Ssuvage elexir 👎 Aventus is the cash machine for the Kering group! Just a worthless release by Creed 👎 happy Holidays mate ☃️🎄🤗 Cheers 🥂😀 My favorite fragrance from Creed is Tabarome👌
Really enjoyed A Midnight Stroll from the Alchemists Garden releases. It is the incense scent you mentioned, we a very healthy dose of the aforementioned, supported by a lovely Cypriol note ❤️
I think it’s a shame you have this take on it. It’s very snobbish. My fragrance wardrobe is stack full of niche and indie and I’ve been sniffing the whole of my life and we have so many frag loves in Common. However, my husband wears vibrant leather (Zara dupe and obvs there’s no way I’d pay aventus orice)amongst everything else I give him including wonderful stuff like knize ten which he also loves- and he smells fantastic. I think somehow the stuck up opinion is because the masses love aventus somehow it’s shit. It isn’t shit! I wear creed Vanisia and it’s amazing. Creed isn’t bad! It’s just popular!
Rachel, thanks very much for taking the time to write. I’m not sure what I can say to convince you, but it’s honestly not the popularity that’s the issue for me. There are lots and lots of popular perfumes that I love, including the one that happens to be the most popular of all time. I’ve been unimpressed by Aventus since long before it became popular: I disliked it when I first smelt it back in 2010/11. Thank goodness we all have different tastes and preferences. Bottom line: if someone loves a scent, they should keep wearing it.
Me too! I've never watched a single episode of 'Strictly...'. I cannot express how much I hate that shit, and I would expect to feel the same way about this new 'celebrity' perfume; similar, I guess, to how I feel about 'Aventus' - with utter repulsion.
Oh dear - Yikes! (re the Creed). Am curious about the Gucci range. On an unrelated note, I just got Apres L'ondee. It's lovely but fleeting. But lovely. Didn't have luck with Nahema sadly. I had tried the extrait and loved it. But seem to be anosmic to the EDP. It's all baby powder. Sad...cos I so wanted to love it.
You don't realise what you're saying. Ambroxan is not a dry amber, it is nature identical to a molecule found in ambergris, just like Ambrinol as well. I am quite certain the amber you rightfully detest is Amber Xtreme which does not smell at all of ambergris nor a labdanum type amber.
@@algebraist1997 You're right. Apologies! If, during the video, I equated Ambroxan with aggressive, woody ambers, then that was a mistake. It doesn't have the same profile at all. However, there are plenty of people who would say it doesn't share many features with ambergris, but perhaps we can leave that debate for another day.
@@algebraist1997 I realise exactly what I Don’t like about Ambroxan. And I also know that I don’t like most ambergris. It makes me gag. I tried Tauer’s Desert Moroccan again recently to refamiliarize myself and ugh, gag. I can’t even wear Jubilation, Overture or Dia because the ambroxan in those formulas scream out on my skin and it is a rancid sickly sweet smell on me. I gag when people walk by me and have Sauvage or Baccarat on because it makes me nauseous.
Good on you for recommending Timbuktu - such a wonderful, one of a kind can't-go-wrong perfumes. If I remember correctly that's what started me on my crazy perfume journey. Uhm, Australian grown agarwood - is that really a thing or a mythical, feel-good story? Never heard of that before and raises so many questions such as what is it's scent profile, what species is it and where is it grown, etc. Video is just as important as audio - got to see what you're wearing (no pressure :)) and the perfume bottles.
If they’ve actually specified that it’s grown there, then it must be. How much of it they’ve used in the scent is another question. Thanks for watching… and listening 😉
I'm not sure what it is with Goldfield and Banks, but the whole line gives me instant headaches. The same goes for Montale / Mancera and PDM. I wonder if it's some sort of amber wood aroma chemical that I don't tolerate.
I have never smelled Aventus and do not own any Creeds 😬 I'm the type of perfumistas that gets put off by overhyped inflated fragrances, particularly when they get duped to death. 🤷 Still to find a Goldfield and Banks that satisfies - they're nice, but just that.
Love, love, love your recommendations for your colleague. I have them all (except for Timbuktu), love them all, though I'm not a husband but a single mum 😂
Maybe im annoying with saying this, but i would love to see your reaction to Royal Oud by Creed. I think its by far their best, and most unique. I dont care about the other Creeds anymore, but Royal Oud is beautiful.
I love Aventus, I have since its initial release before it became popular. With that said I have collected for many years and have tried tons of niche and designer and Aventus is one of my favorites. I do not gravitate towards generic mass appealing scents either and to my nose Aventus as a scent doesnt fall in the generic catagory. Its interesting how people interpret a scent, for example I saw your review of Tom Ford Soleil Brulant and you enjoyed it. It was one of the worst perfume I have ever smelled.
To me, rather than overtly displaying masculinity in a superior way, Aventus markets a fake and counterfeit form of masculinity. It's trying to hard, and just smells fake to me. When I think of masculine scents I like to start with Kouros or Antaeus, Stetson or Old Spice, or any of the Eau Sauvage line. Aventus is for young guys that want to feel older...but are a bit lost without a true role model, and don't really know what it means to be a man yet.
That’s an extremely interesting way of looking at it. And I agree that the ‘fakeness’ evident in Aventus is entirely absent from Kouros et al. Thanks for watching.
I love your videos! I did not realize how much I enjoy perfume until recently. I am learning as I go and have a question for you. When I first put some perfumes on they smell like motor oil to me. It eventually goes away in the dry down. Any idea what that could be? The perfumes that this happens with all seem to have different notes. Thank you in advance.
I think it’s the initial evaporation of ethanol (and in some cases other solvents) you’re experiencing. For any ethanol based fragrances (EDP, edt, cologne etc), give it 2-5 minutes before you try to smell. Or wave the strip in air for a bit before sniffing. Also, another thing people do wrong with smelling is putting things too close to nose. Hope this helps. Happy smelling :)
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Apologies! :-)
I haven't even watched the video yet, but am near positive which fragrance this is in reference to.
Thank you Darius for this lovely review. It’s an absolute honour.
For the availability question - we do ship to most countries including the UK. If one can’t find their country in shipping options, please drop us a note and will try our best to sort it out.
Thanks very much for taking the time to write, and for making the perfume.
Hello there 😀
I'm so glad to hear your thoughts about creed Absolu Aventus which I reviewed previously & I shared the same opinion on as you! It's just the cousin of Ssuvage elexir 👎 Aventus is the cash machine for the Kering group! Just a worthless release by Creed 👎 happy Holidays mate ☃️🎄🤗 Cheers 🥂😀
My favorite fragrance from Creed is Tabarome👌
Thanks for watching. It does have plenty of fans.
@@Persolaise you're welcome 🤗 they're fans because of the hype only!
Really enjoyed A Midnight Stroll from the Alchemists Garden releases. It is the incense scent you mentioned, we a very healthy dose of the aforementioned, supported by a lovely Cypriol note ❤️
Ah yes, I think that was the one. Thanks for watching.
wow, spot on! Aventus masculinity :)
Many thanks for watching.
I think it’s a shame you have this take on it. It’s very snobbish. My fragrance wardrobe is stack full of niche and indie and I’ve been sniffing the whole of my life and we have so many frag loves in Common. However, my husband wears vibrant leather (Zara dupe and obvs there’s no way I’d pay aventus orice)amongst everything else I give him including wonderful stuff like knize ten which he also loves- and he smells fantastic. I think somehow the stuck up opinion is because the masses love aventus somehow it’s shit. It isn’t shit!
I wear creed Vanisia and it’s amazing. Creed isn’t bad! It’s just popular!
Rachel, thanks very much for taking the time to write. I’m not sure what I can say to convince you, but it’s honestly not the popularity that’s the issue for me. There are lots and lots of popular perfumes that I love, including the one that happens to be the most popular of all time. I’ve been unimpressed by Aventus since long before it became popular: I disliked it when I first smelt it back in 2010/11.
Thank goodness we all have different tastes and preferences. Bottom line: if someone loves a scent, they should keep wearing it.
Me too! I've never watched a single episode of 'Strictly...'. I cannot express how much I hate that shit, and I would expect to feel the same way about this new 'celebrity' perfume; similar, I guess, to how I feel about 'Aventus' - with utter repulsion.
The perfume is entirely forgettable.
Oh dear - Yikes! (re the Creed). Am curious about the Gucci range. On an unrelated note, I just got Apres L'ondee. It's lovely but fleeting. But lovely. Didn't have luck with Nahema sadly. I had tried the extrait and loved it. But seem to be anosmic to the EDP. It's all baby powder. Sad...cos I so wanted to love it.
That's a shame. But at least you tried it.
If I found a geenie bottle I would wish for Ambroxan to be un-invented.
Ha!
It is extremely useful, when dosed correctly.
You don't realise what you're saying. Ambroxan is not a dry amber, it is nature identical to a molecule found in ambergris, just like Ambrinol as well. I am quite certain the amber you rightfully detest is Amber Xtreme which does not smell at all of ambergris nor a labdanum type amber.
@@algebraist1997 You're right. Apologies! If, during the video, I equated Ambroxan with aggressive, woody ambers, then that was a mistake. It doesn't have the same profile at all. However, there are plenty of people who would say it doesn't share many features with ambergris, but perhaps we can leave that debate for another day.
@@Persolaise no not you, the original comment!
@@algebraist1997 I realise exactly what I Don’t like about Ambroxan. And I also know that I don’t like most ambergris. It makes me gag. I tried Tauer’s Desert Moroccan again recently to refamiliarize myself and ugh, gag. I can’t even wear Jubilation, Overture or Dia because the ambroxan in those formulas scream out on my skin and it is a rancid sickly sweet smell on me. I gag when people walk by me and have Sauvage or Baccarat on because it makes me nauseous.
Good on you for recommending Timbuktu - such a wonderful, one of a kind can't-go-wrong perfumes. If I remember correctly that's what started me on my crazy perfume journey. Uhm, Australian grown agarwood - is that really a thing or a mythical, feel-good story? Never heard of that before and raises so many questions such as what is it's scent profile, what species is it and where is it grown, etc. Video is just as important as audio - got to see what you're wearing (no pressure :)) and the perfume bottles.
If they’ve actually specified that it’s grown there, then it must be. How much of it they’ve used in the scent is another question.
Thanks for watching… and listening 😉
I'm not sure what it is with Goldfield and Banks, but the whole line gives me instant headaches. The same goes for Montale / Mancera and PDM. I wonder if it's some sort of amber wood aroma chemical that I don't tolerate.
That's certainly possible.
Thanks for watching.
Thanks for sharing. q: How would you compare Horn to my favourite sandalwood Samsara?
Samsara is very different: it's very much about the interplay between jasmine and sandalwood.
Is there any Creed perfume that you like?😂
So far, no. But I keep an open mind.
@@Persolaise What about Grace Kelly's Fleurisimo?
I have never smelled Aventus and do not own any Creeds 😬 I'm the type of perfumistas that gets put off by overhyped inflated fragrances, particularly when they get duped to death. 🤷
Still to find a Goldfield and Banks that satisfies - they're nice, but just that.
Thanks very much for watching. Personally, I don't mind popular scents... as long as they're good!
Whats a perfumistas
Oh of course! I just am always late to the game when there's too much of a hype around them haha @@Persolaise
@@daniell5740the perfume lover equivalent of a fashionista
‘feat. Creed’ oh boy, here we go 🍿
Enjoy!
Love, love, love your recommendations for your colleague. I have them all (except for Timbuktu), love them all, though I'm not a husband but a single mum 😂
Perfect. All perfumes are for all people.
@@Persolaise just like colours
@@lapiccolapaulatry Timbuktu in a small size. I think you’ll really enjoy it. I do,
esp in spring.
Maybe im annoying with saying this, but i would love to see your reaction to Royal Oud by Creed. I think its by far their best, and most unique. I dont care about the other Creeds anymore, but Royal Oud is beautiful.
Not annoying at all. Perhaps one day I’ll manage to get a sample.
I love Aventus, I have since its initial release before it became popular. With that said I have collected for many years and have tried tons of niche and designer and Aventus is one of my favorites. I do not gravitate towards generic mass appealing scents either and to my nose Aventus as a scent doesnt fall in the generic catagory.
Its interesting how people interpret a scent, for example I saw your review of Tom Ford Soleil Brulant and you enjoyed it. It was one of the worst perfume I have ever smelled.
Yes -- I think it's great that we all bring different views to the table.
Thanks for watching.
To me, rather than overtly displaying masculinity in a superior way, Aventus markets a fake and counterfeit form of masculinity. It's trying to hard, and just smells fake to me. When I think of masculine scents I like to start with Kouros or Antaeus, Stetson or Old Spice, or any of the Eau Sauvage line. Aventus is for young guys that want to feel older...but are a bit lost without a true role model, and don't really know what it means to be a man yet.
That’s an extremely interesting way of looking at it. And I agree that the ‘fakeness’ evident in Aventus is entirely absent from Kouros et al.
Thanks for watching.
@@PersolaiseThanks for your reply. :)
I love your videos! I did not realize how much I enjoy perfume until recently. I am learning as I go and have a question for you. When I first put some perfumes on they smell like motor oil to me. It eventually goes away in the dry down. Any idea what that could be? The perfumes that this happens with all seem to have different notes. Thank you in advance.
Oh dear, I'm not sure I can help with that. Perhaps someone else will have some ideas.
I think it’s the initial evaporation of ethanol (and in some cases other solvents) you’re experiencing. For any ethanol based fragrances (EDP, edt, cologne etc), give it 2-5 minutes before you try to smell. Or wave the strip in air for a bit before sniffing. Also, another thing people do wrong with smelling is putting things too close to nose. Hope this helps. Happy smelling :)
@ipurvi Thank you. It does go away, so you are probably right.
CREED?! Have I lost my ability to read? 😂😂
I fear not!
@Perfumedmemoirs the rant was so good. Downright heated. Delightful 😂❤
@@Paigedh1776 And hopefully useful as well.
@@Persolaise always, dear Sir. Always.
Creed. 😂 This is Monsieur P doing click bait. 🤣
On to watch the video now…
Ah, so it worked ;-)
Your website seems down for me at the moment??
Yes, I’m having major problems with it at the moment. It seems to have vanished completely, which is extremely worrying, to say the least. My web host service is looking into it. Please keep your fingers crossed that they’ll be able to restore it.
@@Persolaise I will do. Hopefully it will get sorted out OK!
@@Persolaise 🤞🤞🤞
And now I have to reset and take in the rest of your wonderful you tube! Xxx
Thank you.
Disagreement is always welcome.
❤
Thanks for watching.
Oooohhh, that Horn OK Please sounds nice. I would say Giovanni's dancing matches his taste in perfumery, which is fair enough, isn't it?
I guess so 😂