Have you tried Phoenix Artisan Accouterments?! You HAVE TO try their line! BUY HERE (affiliates): bit.ly/3uofv7E EDPs: bit.ly/3g0lRoZ Doppelgangers: bit.ly/37zAeMm Deodorants: bit.ly/3eyNzHO Shampoo pucks: bit.ly/3AAze76 Aftershaves: bit.ly/3g1kpmT Shave soaps: bit.ly/3oD3z04
Sir I believe I have an idea that no one has thought of. Ready????? Have a meet and greet with maybe 1...2 even 3 people . You can go shopping, testing , reviewing your purchases, having lunch while sharing fragrance stories. There can be so much content " I'm not even going through it all ... but we can discuss this later....lol.
I haven't watched the video yet but I ran across the company and I saw the Harvest Moon fragrance and it really piqued my interest. I'm thinking about getting rid of a beard I've had for a while it looks like this company could cost me money if I go that route LOL
I am not a customer of PAA. I'm a huge fan!!! PAA is what took me from the wet shaving rabbit hole into the fragrance rabbit hole. It really started with a Doppelganger of Sartorial, which led me to buy the actual Penhaligon's Sartorial. Other great small businesses making shave and scent products are Stirling Soaps, whose Sharp Dressed Man scent line turned me onto Green Irish Tweed, and is damn close to my nose, and Fine whose "L'Orange Noir" made Terre D'Hermes a must buy.
Hey Daver! I’ve been using PAA products for years and they are great. The scents they put out are fantastic and some you should try are Red Planet, High Jump 47, Strange Island (seasonal), and Agharta. I agree that Son of Honeysuckle is the best honeysuckle scent. What’s great is that you can buy samples of their aftershaves for $1 each to see if you like the scent instead of spending $25 on a full bottle.
I’ve looked at getting some of their soaps but man that catalogue is overwhelming! I had no idea where to even begin. I believe they have a crown king formula in their shaving line that is supposed to be phenomenal. I had way too many soaps stacked up so I promised myself to finish them before buying anything new. He’s come a long way from when I got into the hobby in 2017. Seems like a solid dude who has grown a lot as an artisan and person thru trial and error.
absolutely solid! So many great scents from his line! And yes, the CK-6 shave soap formula is probably the one you are referring to, and it's absolutely best in class. But I also really like his regular formula as well. As far as his catalogue, he has a lot, but he does sell samples for a good price, so you can always try the scents before you buy them (but the samples are the .7ml sticks). Here are a few of my favorites from their mainstays: Al Fin, Cad, Meta Nectar, John Frum, Organism 46-B, Future Fiction, Hotel Cecil, and Fresco. Of course, if you like the clones that I mentioned, those are well-worth it, especially for the grooming products. And if you like Bay Rum, he has probably the best I've tried, as well as several different variations on the theme. The seasonal releases are outstanding too, but they are limited. Hope that helps narrow it down a bit. 🙂
@@FragranceBros wow man thanks for your detailed reply. It certainly helps! You’re the best! I’ve always longed for that original Old Spice. It’s so classic and so nostalgic. Recreating that is awesome stuff. The shaving soap “clones” aren’t the same to me as the Parfums Vintage ballsacks. He’s actually not shy about creating something that doesn’t exist to match a scent and charges the fee commensurate with the product. Another great video sir.
I tried their scents for the first time about a year ago, and was blown away. I usually get samples but my first order was their Clubman cologne and shave soap as well as Atomic Age bay rum and a couple others. If you really want great bay rum scents, this is the place for you. They smell amazing and, for me, last all day long. Great company!!!
I was introduced to Douglas Smythe's products way back when I first started wet shaving and his company was called "How to Grow a Mustache". It's incredible both in the amount and the variety of products they're able to produce. They have great scents and the quality of their shave soap is top notch.
Was introduced to their stuff at a cigar shop in Galena, IL. Just fantastic. My favorite scent so far is Praise John Frum, bought the aftershave from the shop. Went to their online shop to buy a shaving kit, to start wet shaving, got the Sangre De Drago. That scent is also amazing. My wife is wanting me to buy their aftershave's for family and friends for Christmas, but I'm having a hard time picking scents, don't want to buy someone else a scent I might want for myself. We can't smell the same.
I was drawn in by the cool retro art style and have stayed for the great scents. They seem like a terrific company which seem to be hard to come by these days.
Piggybacking off some other comments here. I've been buying from PAA for over a year now. Their product selection is intoxicating. My favorites from their line. Garden of Bali: Like the name, it feels like walking through a mystical garden in the orient Agharta: ancient vanilla sandlewood Copalli: Ancient sandlewood Solstice: sweet desert juice St. Martin's place: fresh bubbly lime soda with a kick of ginger The Wow Signal: funky sweet tobacco Al Fin: Soapy flowery tobacco There's so many more. I'm gradually going through the scents. Quality products with good customer service 👌
I would recommend getting your nose on sangre de drago smells great, blood wood, oud and sandle wood. This smells amazingb love the black plaque look on the bottle, soap container or amy other label.
Doug must be the busiest guy in the whole of wetshaving, and perfumery, and grooming, and hardware, and retro art, and storytelling combined. He's a crazy madscientist, maverick, marketing genius. I'd like to try more but being UK based the availability and value just doesn't translate over here.
LOL he's definitely spinning a lot of plates. Yeah, the only real downside about his line is that the price and availability aren't good for people outside the USA.
@@FragranceBros Thank you so much sir. Douglas originally made that for me about 7 or 8 years ago for a small limited run. He just brought it back this year as a seasonal.
Just got my order today, I ordered like ten samples and they are all very nice and some very unique ! I'm really enjoying thought forms and john from alot !! Terra preta actually isn't bad, you definitely NEED to layer this scent with something else.
I had been searching for a Brut clone of high quality, and PAA makes an amazing clone of it called Et Tu. It's a seasonal release, and it is just SO good.
I'm a PAA connoisseur and I never even knew PAA made deodorant and body wash. I use PAA for their shave soaps. They're my absolute favorite hands down. Such incredible scents and very long lasting, added bonus I love the artwork lol. I buy aftershave splashes to combine with the shave soap and wow they all smell so good it's so hard to narrow it down but my personal favorite is black droid just a classic manly scent. I also love atomic pumpkin around fall time, and coconut bay is fantastic. gondolier is very popular but to me it smells like a less potent version of black droid, so I always just get black droid instead. Cavendish is very popular tobacco grungy dark smell. the beach is definitely their most popular but tbh I don't care for it. smells just fine, just not strong enough for me. Craziest part is, with all that said, I've only scratched the surface of their scents. It's honestly overwhelming how many scents they have and just as this video mentions they always come out with limited time release and special releases and seasonal releases ON TOP of their line of regular scents. Great company
PAA makes aftershaves which perform better than many highend EDP fragrances. You want your mind blown, try their Clown Fruit scent. The artwork is so retro-cool. Hard not to go down the rabbit hole but beware it's very easy to pick up their offerings till you find yourself with 13 years of shaving products stocked up.
@@FragranceBros not sure how to describe it but here it goes, Burnt sugar, tobacco, fruity note, floral sweet heavy concoction that just doesnt stop. The artwork is bottle worthy.
Yes. Clown Fruit is really something. I ordered a sample too late in and missed out on buying the "seasonal" Clown Fruit....but when I got the sample it is just as you said. Burnt Sugar, some kind of fruity note, a slight floral in there buried, what smells like tobacco and it's definitely a gourmand but it's better than any gourmand at the fancy department stores. It's raw, unapologetic and primal. The kind of daring scent you will NEVER find at a fancy shop. It's real fragrance art that is worthy of an award.......and I typically don't like gourmands, but this one is unique.
And that is exactly the problem: they are too strong to use as aftershaves. I do appreciate what they are trying to do and enjoy their revival of Seaforth! products (Diver Down). I just wish that I didn't have to limit my use of the aftershave to being a cologne.
Petrichor is my favorite smell in the world, and I miss it living in the desert. I am new to wet shaving and have been trying to decide what PAA scents i would order first and that is what brought me to your video. I had to pause this video as soon as you mentioned La Tierra Mojada and go look for it! I am hopeful that PAA will bring it out again at some point!
Yeah absolutely! I think it was a summer limited release so he they will probably release it again next summer. But I still have it if you’re looking to buy it. Email me at daver@fragrancebros.com if you want it. 🙂
@@FragranceBros O man i just saw this! Thank you for the offer. I went deep down the PAA rabbit hole much like you! Lol i now am at 10 sets of shave soap and aftershave and counting. I will shoot you an email! Thank you!
I've been using Doug and Fran's shampoo pucks forever. I have spent WAY too much $$$ there. The traditional wet shaving hobby is a lot of fun. People in the forums for it are a little friendlier and relaxed compared to fragcomm.
I've just the fresco shaving soap and colour and it's awesome product. I have every type of shaving soaps out there , I highly rate the fresco great scent and the soap is slick 👍
I bought a stick of the Double F-Bombs deodorant and it had zero fragrance added to it and a texture so tacky that it ripped my armpit hair out when I applied it. Not sure if it was a bad batch or maybe old, but it did not inspire confidence in their deodorants for me.
I would contact them and ask for a replacement. I have their F-bomb deodorant and it definitely has a smell to it. The texture of their deodorant is on the tacky side though. They recommend that you hold it on your skin for a couple of seconds and let it warm up before applying. I've never had an issue with it, but it's stiffer than other deodorants I've used.
It's a bit late comment. But.. Have you ever tried PAA's Love Bombs? Its scent notes reminds me of Montale Intense Cafe. I like CaD, Gondolier style rose hint & gourmand chocloate scent. Not just gourmand Chocolate Bourbon browny scent, Organism 46B's orange tootsie pop simple scent, but I like romantic chocolate with hint of rose like Montale Intense Cafe. If they are similar, I'll gladly get it.
as an EDP what is your opinion as far as strength and lasting power? Twee! vs Creed green Irish tweed in edp is a $300 difference. I used to be a door to door cologne salesmen many years ago. the guy I worked for was a chemist in the creation in a lot of the scents and was sued. the Supreme Court ruled in his favor because he was able to prove that body chemistry changes a scent once applied from person to person. So, given the choice between the official brand or something as good as PAA, which would you choose?
I love PAA, but in my opinion, the only reason to by a clone is if the original is out of production. PAA specializes in older scents that are out-of-production, and they do a great job at recreating them. I think what is great about PAA is that they have a variety of products that use each scent (soap, deodorant, aftershave, shave soap, etc). I think getting those products in a clone is better.
I'm way ahead of you man. I post on Basenotes with all of my shaving sets. And I have some pretty intricate, sometimes antique shaving sets, but I digress. I have been posting Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements since back in 2016/2017 on Basenotes. No joke. Some of their original scents like "The Beach" and "Sangre de Drago" (an absolutely STELLAR Dragon's Blood Resin scent) and IMO, the best Bay Rum ever made in Atomic Age Bay Rum. I also enjoy Solstice, a scent that smells like the dry desert breeze of the Southwestern U.S. and Tombstone which is roses, gunpowder, geranium and tobacco. I LOVE this house and it's the house I own the 2nd most fragrances from in my entire wardrobe. Creed is #1 and Phoenix Artisan is #2. That's right. Out of my over 100 bottle fragrance collection, my #2 most owned house is Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements. I also think some other scents are very underrated like Big Shave East, which is a simple trio of Frangipani, Tobacco, and Apricot. Not complex? Just try it. It's simple but that's all it has to be because it's GENIUS. There are so many scents they have. As Dave pointed out, a very unusual fragrance that is completely 'niche' like you would expect from some odd house selling it for a ridiculous price is the petrichor inspired La Tierra Mojada (...the wet earth). Yeah, but it's a bit more than that to my nose. It has a little bit of a "tart sourness" with what smells like genuine rain and wet dirt. The shaving soap smells even more earthy than the EDP. I think this scent is worth buying a sample. Did I mention they sell samples? Yeah. Go to their website and just queue up like 15-20 samples and have them shipped to you. Pull up each fragrance on their website to see the scent notes and open each sample vial and smell it. Try dabbing some on a test strip and letting it dry down. (These still need to be on your skin to get a good idea of how they will smell, as with any other fragrance.) Thank you Dave for putting out a video on this brand. They deserve it. PAA is literally one of the best fragrance makers you've never heard of. And they are genuinely humble. I've emailed them and praised their fragrances and I've received responses that they are such a small operation that they have trouble being able to carry so many scents and it's almost as if they were trying to get me not to push their fragrances out there so hard. But, I was like, your scents smell so amazing! Both Douglas Smythe and his partner in perfume Frances Towlle are very talented at making fragrances. I think their crowning achievement is Atomic Age Bay Rum. It smells like a kitchen spice rack marinated in bay leaf oil and real rum. The fragrance is literally barrell-aged like a spirit. No joke. It smells stunningly natural and potent. There is NO WAY these fragrances they make are IFRA compliant (shhh). They are just too natural. And, to be honest, their Black Label knockoff of Dior Sauvage....smells more natural and better than Sauvage. That's just my opinion though. Once you look at their site your will be immersed in a pretty big world of scents and products. There is a discontinued scent called "Vetiver Planet" that had real vetiver grass in the bottle. Their final batch was STUNNING! It smelled like a smokey, grassy vetiver that blew me away. I've been emailing and begging them to bring that back for at least a limited run so I can buy a bunch of bottles so I never run out. Thanks again Dave for this great video! Oh, and the Gold Label Royal Mayfair homage is DEAD ON and smells like a 3-year old bottle of Royal Mayfair where that eucalyptus is less medicinal and more smooth. It's a very, very, very well done duplication. I use the Gold label bath and shave products with my bottle of Royal Mayfair. And if you think I'm just some guy who doesn't have a clue about things, just understand, my bottle of Royal Mayfair is signed by Erwin Creed. I put Gold Label products with a signed bottle of Royal Mayfair. So, if it didn't knock my socks off, I wouldn't use it.
So awesome! Thank you for your comment! I actually have Tombstone (love it) and an aftershave of Sangre de Drago (I need to use it). His line truly is special, and it only seems to get better with time, which is rare. And yes, that Gold Label is incredible!!
I love this company. I've purchased Tombstone aftershave/cologne for the third time now. That scent blows me away. I also like that you can buy little samples for $1.25.
Yeah. I think it's a pretty small company. I know that some people have groups where they get together and order the products they want and split the shipping equally within the group. I don't know if you have any friends into this, but it's an option that can save some money.
@@FragranceBros there is a facebook group that do this. Its how I got my first products with them. But then I tried ordering directly myself (didnt want to miss out a limited release) and now I kinda prefer buying myself. Waiting for the Christmas releases next
As much as I wanted to love all his stuff, it’s pretty hit or miss. Excellent marketing and packaging. Some are amazing and many are just bad. I can say that having sampled every one of the scents that isn’t a special release. Clubguy is great, Fresco is great, the Aramis clone is nice even though it smells almost nothing like Aramis (I own multiple vintage bottles). Most of the vintage clones are legit. I just get tired of hearing I smell like an old man. I blind bought the Creasote aftershave, it’s awful. Just foul smelling. The frostbyte AS is really nice too. So he has a few winners. I threw about 25 sample vials in the trash though. That immortal peach smells EXACTLY like the glade plug in peach. The ASs are the star of his line though. And I suspect many of the scents were formulated for use in soaps. Many of them just smell like they should be a soap. And speaking of soaps, his shave soaps are my least favorites in my collection. He uses a bunch of seed butters and very processed ingredients. They leave a nasty scummy film on my face. Some might like that as it may feel like your skin is smooth and moisturized but to me it feels like cheap lotion after it dries on your skin.
@@FragranceBros Man if you been liking thise fragrances on the video you'll love that Droid (its a duplicate of a discontinued floïd after shave) smells fenomenal. Super manly but bright floral fruit-ish
Actually I’m disappointed. I don’t like squatch because it washes away so quick. But the scents on PAA are nasty they smell old. I’ve tried a great deal because I wanted to an aftershave along with soap and I’m not super picky so I got a few soaps and 7 after shave samples and of the samples only one I thought was ok and that was Classico bay rum. All other to me had an old funk about them. You may like them but for some reason I was getting nauseous with my future fiction soap and the good vibrations boardwalk barbershop. Boomtown bay rum was bay rum but the gunpowder smell was quite strong. So you smell like smoke or as if you played with cap guns. It wasn’t good. The only thing I was satisfied with was the dopleganger black which was an homage to dior savage but just smells good. Kinda close. Scents matter a lot. But the quality of the bars is great other than the scents they last a long time they lather well and feels good on my skin and doesn’t dry me out. I wish they had a newer fresh smell.
I have been a person who has used Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements products since 2017 when I bought Sangre de Drago as my first scent from them. And that is some spectacular sauce. The Phoenix website has samples for $1 you can buy and if you buy a bulk order of as many scents as you're interested in it will off-set the shipping. Then just get each sample, pull up the the PAA website page of the product and read the scent notes while you smell the sample. Dab some on paper. I think you'll find some of these to be really good even if you're skeptical and try to nitpick them. Many of these scents are just done well. Even ones that weren't my personal cup of tea still got some of my respect because I could tell the quality's good. So, I'm glad Fragrance Bros did this video. PAA has been worthy of being talked about in fragrance circles for years now and it just seems like they've been forced into a box as a wet-shaving company when their scents are some of the most "out-there" and creative adventures I've smelled. They are the best in wet-shaving in my opinion. Today I wore another PAA, the unusual Petrichor scent names La Tierra Mojada. It's like something I would expect as a 'niche' from some obscure and expensive house. What makes it surprising is that at first smell I didn't know what to make of it and recoiled a bit. Then after really taking it in it's like a sour-wet-metallic-earth smell. Like an overgrown abandoned industrial site that is being rained on. To me it's addicting to smell. I have really enjoyed it today. It lasts about 6 hours and then goes to a skin scent. As my scent of the evening I'm layering 4711 Remix 225th Anniversary cologne over the top and it's a great evening cross-over layering. So, I dare you to go to their site, read up on some of their fragrances and the notes, then order 15-20 off the site and give them a go. The samples are not EDP, they are the aftershave/cologne (most of those last hours, but some don't, but bear in mind they have EDP's for most of the scents they carry).
Have you tried Phoenix Artisan Accouterments?! You HAVE TO try their line!
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Sir I believe I have an idea that no one has thought of.
Ready?????
Have a meet and greet with maybe 1...2 even 3 people . You can go shopping, testing , reviewing your purchases, having lunch while sharing fragrance stories. There can be so much content " I'm not even going through it all ... but we can discuss this later....lol.
I haven't watched the video yet but I ran across the company and I saw the Harvest Moon fragrance and it really piqued my interest. I'm thinking about getting rid of a beard I've had for a while it looks like this company could cost me money if I go that route LOL
I am not a customer of PAA. I'm a huge fan!!!
PAA is what took me from the wet shaving rabbit hole into the fragrance rabbit hole. It really started with a Doppelganger of Sartorial, which led me to buy the actual Penhaligon's Sartorial.
Other great small businesses making shave and scent products are Stirling Soaps, whose Sharp Dressed Man scent line turned me onto Green Irish Tweed, and is damn close to my nose, and Fine whose "L'Orange Noir" made Terre D'Hermes a must buy.
Hey Daver! I’ve been using PAA products for years and they are great. The scents they put out are fantastic and some you should try are Red Planet, High Jump 47, Strange Island (seasonal), and Agharta. I agree that Son of Honeysuckle is the best honeysuckle scent. What’s great is that you can buy samples of their aftershaves for $1 each to see if you like the scent instead of spending $25 on a full bottle.
I’ve looked at getting some of their soaps but man that catalogue is overwhelming!
I had no idea where to even begin. I believe they have a crown king formula in their shaving line that is supposed to be phenomenal.
I had way too many soaps stacked up so I promised myself to finish them before buying anything new.
He’s come a long way from when I got into the hobby in 2017. Seems like a solid dude who has grown a lot as an artisan and person thru trial and error.
absolutely solid! So many great scents from his line! And yes, the CK-6 shave soap formula is probably the one you are referring to, and it's absolutely best in class. But I also really like his regular formula as well. As far as his catalogue, he has a lot, but he does sell samples for a good price, so you can always try the scents before you buy them (but the samples are the .7ml sticks). Here are a few of my favorites from their mainstays: Al Fin, Cad, Meta Nectar, John Frum, Organism 46-B, Future Fiction, Hotel Cecil, and Fresco. Of course, if you like the clones that I mentioned, those are well-worth it, especially for the grooming products. And if you like Bay Rum, he has probably the best I've tried, as well as several different variations on the theme. The seasonal releases are outstanding too, but they are limited. Hope that helps narrow it down a bit. 🙂
@@FragranceBros wow man thanks for your detailed reply. It certainly helps! You’re the best!
I’ve always longed for that original Old Spice. It’s so classic and so nostalgic. Recreating that is awesome stuff. The shaving soap “clones” aren’t the same to me as the Parfums Vintage ballsacks. He’s actually not shy about creating something that doesn’t exist to match a scent and charges the fee commensurate with the product. Another great video sir.
Glad to help! He actually has a clone of the original Old Spice called Cold Spices. It's really good!
I tried their scents for the first time about a year ago, and was blown away. I usually get samples but my first order was their Clubman cologne and shave soap as well as Atomic Age bay rum and a couple others. If you really want great bay rum scents, this is the place for you. They smell amazing and, for me, last all day long. Great company!!!
I was introduced to Douglas Smythe's products way back when I first started wet shaving and his company was called "How to Grow a Mustache". It's incredible both in the amount and the variety of products they're able to produce. They have great scents and the quality of their shave soap is top notch.
Did you read his interviews with himself posing as somebody else?
Was introduced to their stuff at a cigar shop in Galena, IL. Just fantastic. My favorite scent so far is Praise John Frum, bought the aftershave from the shop. Went to their online shop to buy a shaving kit, to start wet shaving, got the Sangre De Drago. That scent is also amazing. My wife is wanting me to buy their aftershave's for family and friends for Christmas, but I'm having a hard time picking scents, don't want to buy someone else a scent I might want for myself. We can't smell the same.
John Frum is excellent! Honestly there are so many from the line that I really love.
Duke cannon for the soap and paa for the shaving and deodorant. Deadly combo 🔥
If you dig the 'retro' stuff, "Sundown" is an homage to Gillette SunUp and it is a compliment machine. Thanks for the video!
I was drawn in by the cool retro art style and have stayed for the great scents. They seem like a terrific company which seem to be hard to come by these days.
I totally agree!
Piggybacking off some other comments here. I've been buying from PAA for over a year now. Their product selection is intoxicating. My favorites from their line.
Garden of Bali: Like the name, it feels like walking through a mystical garden in the orient
Agharta: ancient vanilla sandlewood
Copalli: Ancient sandlewood
Solstice: sweet desert juice
St. Martin's place: fresh bubbly lime soda with a kick of ginger
The Wow Signal: funky sweet tobacco
Al Fin: Soapy flowery tobacco
There's so many more. I'm gradually going through the scents. Quality products with good customer service 👌
I would recommend getting your nose on sangre de drago smells great, blood wood, oud and sandle wood. This smells amazingb love the black plaque look on the bottle, soap container or amy other label.
Doug must be the busiest guy in the whole of wetshaving, and perfumery, and grooming, and hardware, and retro art, and storytelling combined. He's a crazy madscientist, maverick, marketing genius. I'd like to try more but being UK based the availability and value just doesn't translate over here.
LOL he's definitely spinning a lot of plates. Yeah, the only real downside about his line is that the price and availability aren't good for people outside the USA.
This sounds awesome def gon check out the line
My favorite fougere is fresco
I want to try their brylcream scent called Dab I wish they made a three flowers scent esp is they made a brylcream hair product scent ..
I'm glad you enjoyed the Bailey's Irish Coffee. Mr. Bailey approves.
I love it!
@@FragranceBros Thank you so much sir. Douglas originally made that for me about 7 or 8 years ago for a small limited run. He just brought it back this year as a seasonal.
Oh really? That's so cool! It's a really fantastic scent.
Just got my order today, I ordered like ten samples and they are all very nice and some very unique ! I'm really enjoying thought forms and john from alot !! Terra preta actually isn't bad, you definitely NEED to layer this scent with something else.
The immortal peach and aloha punch are very nice, you won’t be disappointed!
Definitely going to try these!
Doug Smythe is a nice man. I have some DE razors and plenty of their shave soaps/aftershaves 👌 PAA is a great company.
I had been searching for a Brut clone of high quality, and PAA makes an amazing clone of it called Et Tu. It's a seasonal release, and it is just SO good.
that's awesome! I would love to try that one
It's actually part of their permanent lineup now
I love their aesthetic!
I'm a PAA connoisseur and I never even knew PAA made deodorant and body wash. I use PAA for their shave soaps. They're my absolute favorite hands down. Such incredible scents and very long lasting, added bonus I love the artwork lol.
I buy aftershave splashes to combine with the shave soap and wow they all smell so good it's so hard to narrow it down but my personal favorite is black droid just a classic manly scent. I also love atomic pumpkin around fall time, and coconut bay is fantastic. gondolier is very popular but to me it smells like a less potent version of black droid, so I always just get black droid instead. Cavendish is very popular tobacco grungy dark smell. the beach is definitely their most popular but tbh I don't care for it. smells just fine, just not strong enough for me.
Craziest part is, with all that said, I've only scratched the surface of their scents. It's honestly overwhelming how many scents they have and just as this video mentions they always come out with limited time release and special releases and seasonal releases ON TOP of their line of regular scents. Great company
oh man, you are going to LOVE their soaps and deodorants, then. They're easily my favorites.
Does the aftershave cologne last long on their own?
Twee? Like when Apu thought he was a hummingbird of somekind? 🤣 Big fan of scent resurrection!
Can confirm Immortal Peach and Aloha Smackdown are both legendary!
man I wish I got those
I really enjoy these types of unheard of unknown uncommon small batch niche fragerances. I can't hardly find any reviews of any of them though.
I agree 💯 with everything you said, PAA ROCKS!🤘
PAA makes aftershaves which perform better than many highend EDP fragrances. You want your mind blown, try their Clown Fruit scent. The artwork is so retro-cool. Hard not to go down the rabbit hole but beware it's very easy to pick up their offerings till you find yourself with 13 years of shaving products stocked up.
I saw Clown Fruit as one of the limited releases a while back and it was tempting. haha
@@FragranceBros not sure how to describe it but here it goes, Burnt sugar, tobacco, fruity note, floral sweet heavy concoction that just doesnt stop. The artwork is bottle worthy.
@@BigSteve93015 sounds awesome!
Yes. Clown Fruit is really something. I ordered a sample too late in and missed out on buying the "seasonal" Clown Fruit....but when I got the sample it is just as you said. Burnt Sugar, some kind of fruity note, a slight floral in there buried, what smells like tobacco and it's definitely a gourmand but it's better than any gourmand at the fancy department stores. It's raw, unapologetic and primal. The kind of daring scent you will NEVER find at a fancy shop. It's real fragrance art that is worthy of an award.......and I typically don't like gourmands, but this one is unique.
And that is exactly the problem: they are too strong to use as aftershaves. I do appreciate what they are trying to do and enjoy their revival of Seaforth! products (Diver Down). I just wish that I didn't have to limit my use of the aftershave to being a cologne.
Petrichor is my favorite smell in the world, and I miss it living in the desert. I am new to wet shaving and have been trying to decide what PAA scents i would order first and that is what brought me to your video. I had to pause this video as soon as you mentioned La Tierra Mojada and go look for it! I am hopeful that PAA will bring it out again at some point!
Yeah absolutely! I think it was a summer limited release so he they will probably release it again next summer. But I still have it if you’re looking to buy it. Email me at daver@fragrancebros.com if you want it. 🙂
@@FragranceBros O man i just saw this! Thank you for the offer. I went deep down the PAA rabbit hole much like you! Lol i now am at 10 sets of shave soap and aftershave and counting. I will shoot you an email! Thank you!
Great video and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try out this brand and have a blessed day
Awesome! Thank you!
You welcome keep up the good work
I've been using Doug and Fran's shampoo pucks forever. I have spent WAY too much $$$ there. The traditional wet shaving hobby is a lot of fun. People in the forums for it are a little friendlier and relaxed compared to fragcomm.
@@5BinacaSprays .......oh yeah? Lemme tell you something about aqva amara buddy. :p
I've just the fresco shaving soap and colour and it's awesome product. I have every type of shaving soaps out there , I highly rate the fresco great scent and the soap is slick 👍
Cologne
Just looked, hardly any you mention they still sell
Wow this video actually showed up on my feed this time! This looks like a fun brand.
thanks for watching!
Did anyone else really enjoy la tierra mojada? It's definitely a floral scent but being a guy I really like it.
Woooow the illustrations! 😍😍😍
I love them 😍
The nice thing about PAA is that they offer a 10% discount to Veterans, it's a little difficult to use, but it lessens the bite of their prices.
Fresco for the win! Super, super, soapy.
Great video! PAA turns out high quality authentic scented shave soaps.
I like the idea, but may be a little too upscale for me.
They are geniuses at PAA! Took a few grand out of my pockets, but at least I got spa level products that will last me forever. 😁
PAA truly knocks it out of the park. Amazing products!
I bought a stick of the Double F-Bombs deodorant and it had zero fragrance added to it and a texture so tacky that it ripped my armpit hair out when I applied it. Not sure if it was a bad batch or maybe old, but it did not inspire confidence in their deodorants for me.
I would contact them and ask for a replacement. I have their F-bomb deodorant and it definitely has a smell to it. The texture of their deodorant is on the tacky side though. They recommend that you hold it on your skin for a couple of seconds and let it warm up before applying. I've never had an issue with it, but it's stiffer than other deodorants I've used.
Dave is way too damn energetic for me. I need some coffee ☕ to keep up.
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It's a bit late comment. But..
Have you ever tried PAA's Love Bombs? Its scent notes reminds me of Montale Intense Cafe.
I like CaD, Gondolier style rose hint & gourmand chocloate scent. Not just gourmand Chocolate Bourbon browny scent, Organism 46B's orange tootsie pop simple scent, but I like romantic chocolate with hint of rose like Montale Intense Cafe.
If they are similar, I'll gladly get it.
I haven't tried it yet! They sell samples of their stuff though. I need to try that one.
as an EDP what is your opinion as far as strength and lasting power? Twee! vs Creed green Irish tweed in edp is a $300 difference. I used to be a door to door cologne salesmen many years ago. the guy I worked for was a chemist in the creation in a lot of the scents and was sued. the Supreme Court ruled in his favor because he was able to prove that body chemistry changes a scent once applied from person to person. So, given the choice between the official brand or something as good as PAA, which would you choose?
I love PAA, but in my opinion, the only reason to by a clone is if the original is out of production. PAA specializes in older scents that are out-of-production, and they do a great job at recreating them. I think what is great about PAA is that they have a variety of products that use each scent (soap, deodorant, aftershave, shave soap, etc). I think getting those products in a clone is better.
great vid, yes they are an amazing
Agreed!
I'm way ahead of you man. I post on Basenotes with all of my shaving sets. And I have some pretty intricate, sometimes antique shaving sets, but I digress. I have been posting Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements since back in 2016/2017 on Basenotes. No joke. Some of their original scents like "The Beach" and "Sangre de Drago" (an absolutely STELLAR Dragon's Blood Resin scent) and IMO, the best Bay Rum ever made in Atomic Age Bay Rum. I also enjoy Solstice, a scent that smells like the dry desert breeze of the Southwestern U.S. and Tombstone which is roses, gunpowder, geranium and tobacco. I LOVE this house and it's the house I own the 2nd most fragrances from in my entire wardrobe. Creed is #1 and Phoenix Artisan is #2. That's right. Out of my over 100 bottle fragrance collection, my #2 most owned house is Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements.
I also think some other scents are very underrated like Big Shave East, which is a simple trio of Frangipani, Tobacco, and Apricot. Not complex? Just try it. It's simple but that's all it has to be because it's GENIUS.
There are so many scents they have. As Dave pointed out, a very unusual fragrance that is completely 'niche' like you would expect from some odd house selling it for a ridiculous price is the petrichor inspired La Tierra Mojada (...the wet earth). Yeah, but it's a bit more than that to my nose. It has a little bit of a "tart sourness" with what smells like genuine rain and wet dirt. The shaving soap smells even more earthy than the EDP. I think this scent is worth buying a sample.
Did I mention they sell samples? Yeah. Go to their website and just queue up like 15-20 samples and have them shipped to you. Pull up each fragrance on their website to see the scent notes and open each sample vial and smell it. Try dabbing some on a test strip and letting it dry down. (These still need to be on your skin to get a good idea of how they will smell, as with any other fragrance.)
Thank you Dave for putting out a video on this brand. They deserve it. PAA is literally one of the best fragrance makers you've never heard of. And they are genuinely humble. I've emailed them and praised their fragrances and I've received responses that they are such a small operation that they have trouble being able to carry so many scents and it's almost as if they were trying to get me not to push their fragrances out there so hard. But, I was like, your scents smell so amazing!
Both Douglas Smythe and his partner in perfume Frances Towlle are very talented at making fragrances. I think their crowning achievement is Atomic Age Bay Rum. It smells like a kitchen spice rack marinated in bay leaf oil and real rum. The fragrance is literally barrell-aged like a spirit. No joke. It smells stunningly natural and potent. There is NO WAY these fragrances they make are IFRA compliant (shhh). They are just too natural. And, to be honest, their Black Label knockoff of Dior Sauvage....smells more natural and better than Sauvage. That's just my opinion though.
Once you look at their site your will be immersed in a pretty big world of scents and products. There is a discontinued scent called "Vetiver Planet" that had real vetiver grass in the bottle. Their final batch was STUNNING! It smelled like a smokey, grassy vetiver that blew me away. I've been emailing and begging them to bring that back for at least a limited run so I can buy a bunch of bottles so I never run out.
Thanks again Dave for this great video! Oh, and the Gold Label Royal Mayfair homage is DEAD ON and smells like a 3-year old bottle of Royal Mayfair where that eucalyptus is less medicinal and more smooth. It's a very, very, very well done duplication. I use the Gold label bath and shave products with my bottle of Royal Mayfair. And if you think I'm just some guy who doesn't have a clue about things, just understand, my bottle of Royal Mayfair is signed by Erwin Creed. I put Gold Label products with a signed bottle of Royal Mayfair. So, if it didn't knock my socks off, I wouldn't use it.
So awesome! Thank you for your comment! I actually have Tombstone (love it) and an aftershave of Sangre de Drago (I need to use it). His line truly is special, and it only seems to get better with time, which is rare. And yes, that Gold Label is incredible!!
They supposed to be cheaper then Dior but it’s 50 dollars for 1 oz where Dior is 80 for 2oz
they never claimed to be cheaper than Dior
@@FragranceBros I listened to you and bout the F&F and that shit smells like clay, The Black deodorant is smell good but not strong at all
F Bombs smells a LOT like F-ing Fabulous by Tom Ford. I have no complaints with the strength of their deodorants.
I love this company. I've purchased Tombstone aftershave/cologne for the third time now. That scent blows me away. I also like that you can buy little samples for $1.25.
I kinda wish shipping to the UK was cheaper...although maybe thats a good thing as it put a bit of a limit to me buying stuff
Yeah. I think it's a pretty small company. I know that some people have groups where they get together and order the products they want and split the shipping equally within the group. I don't know if you have any friends into this, but it's an option that can save some money.
@@FragranceBros there is a facebook group that do this. Its how I got my first products with them. But then I tried ordering directly myself (didnt want to miss out a limited release) and now I kinda prefer buying myself. Waiting for the Christmas releases next
PAA is one of the most amazing cologne sights.
absolutely!
2:22 did i hear a Fart?! 😂
squeaky swivel chair. 😂 I have since replaced it
Hey, which PAA soaps would you consider among the mildest of scents?
I'm a huge fan of PAA.
yeah! Love them
Sad to see f. Bomb get discontinued 😭
Great stuff and the scent lasts!
They sound great... I had never heard of them before today... the deodorant have me peaked.
their deodorants are incredible! Highly recommended
I need something that smells like coast bar soap 🤔
They are the best
Awesome video
Thanks!
Totally off topic. But anyone else noticed how much he looks like Garandthumb?
He does Holy shit man lol
As much as I wanted to love all his stuff, it’s pretty hit or miss. Excellent marketing and packaging. Some are amazing and many are just bad. I can say that having sampled every one of the scents that isn’t a special release. Clubguy is great, Fresco is great, the Aramis clone is nice even though it smells almost nothing like Aramis (I own multiple vintage bottles). Most of the vintage clones are legit. I just get tired of hearing I smell like an old man. I blind bought the Creasote aftershave, it’s awful. Just foul smelling. The frostbyte AS is really nice too. So he has a few winners. I threw about 25 sample vials in the trash though. That immortal peach smells EXACTLY like the glade plug in peach. The ASs are the star of his line though. And I suspect many of the scents were formulated for use in soaps. Many of them just smell like they should be a soap. And speaking of soaps, his shave soaps are my least favorites in my collection. He uses a bunch of seed butters and very processed ingredients. They leave a nasty scummy film on my face. Some might like that as it may feel like your skin is smooth and moisturized but to me it feels like cheap lotion after it dries on your skin.
Try PAA Droid Black
I've been wanting to! Looks great!
@@FragranceBros Man if you been liking thise fragrances on the video you'll love that Droid (its a duplicate of a discontinued floïd after shave) smells fenomenal. Super manly but bright floral fruit-ish
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Actually I’m disappointed. I don’t like squatch because it washes away so quick. But the scents on PAA are nasty they smell old. I’ve tried a great deal because I wanted to an aftershave along with soap and I’m not super picky so I got a few soaps and 7 after shave samples and of the samples only one I thought was ok and that was Classico bay rum. All other to me had an old funk about them. You may like them but for some reason I was getting nauseous with my future fiction soap and the good vibrations boardwalk barbershop. Boomtown bay rum was bay rum but the gunpowder smell was quite strong. So you smell like smoke or as if you played with cap guns. It wasn’t good. The only thing I was satisfied with was the dopleganger black which was an homage to dior savage but just smells good. Kinda close. Scents matter a lot. But the quality of the bars is great other than the scents they last a long time they lather well and feels good on my skin and doesn’t dry me out. I wish they had a newer fresh smell.
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Seems like all these were sent to you
yeah, almost everything I review is sent to me
@@FragranceBros congratulations ! You successfully earned your first check from Phoenix. Good job ! Nice sales pitch !
they didn't send these for a favorable review, if that's what you're getting at. I keep my reviews 100% honest regardless of what is sent to me.
I have been a person who has used Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements products since 2017 when I bought Sangre de Drago as my first scent from them. And that is some spectacular sauce. The Phoenix website has samples for $1 you can buy and if you buy a bulk order of as many scents as you're interested in it will off-set the shipping. Then just get each sample, pull up the the PAA website page of the product and read the scent notes while you smell the sample. Dab some on paper. I think you'll find some of these to be really good even if you're skeptical and try to nitpick them. Many of these scents are just done well. Even ones that weren't my personal cup of tea still got some of my respect because I could tell the quality's good.
So, I'm glad Fragrance Bros did this video. PAA has been worthy of being talked about in fragrance circles for years now and it just seems like they've been forced into a box as a wet-shaving company when their scents are some of the most "out-there" and creative adventures I've smelled. They are the best in wet-shaving in my opinion.
Today I wore another PAA, the unusual Petrichor scent names La Tierra Mojada. It's like something I would expect as a 'niche' from some obscure and expensive house. What makes it surprising is that at first smell I didn't know what to make of it and recoiled a bit. Then after really taking it in it's like a sour-wet-metallic-earth smell. Like an overgrown abandoned industrial site that is being rained on. To me it's addicting to smell. I have really enjoyed it today. It lasts about 6 hours and then goes to a skin scent. As my scent of the evening I'm layering 4711 Remix 225th Anniversary cologne over the top and it's a great evening cross-over layering.
So, I dare you to go to their site, read up on some of their fragrances and the notes, then order 15-20 off the site and give them a go. The samples are not EDP, they are the aftershave/cologne (most of those last hours, but some don't, but bear in mind they have EDP's for most of the scents they carry).