If your subscriber count matched the quality of the content you’ve been putting out, you’d have the highest count of all fragrance reviewers on TH-cam. Cheers from Portland, Oregon.
😂😂😂 Holy smokes, I'm watching this and suddenly my face pops up! I thought I was about to get bashed for some reason hahaha. I guess the sample of SMW I had was a newer one, because I honestly liked Club De Nuit Sillage more. Thoroughly enjoyed this video George!! ❤️
It’s sad that in the community that’s your first thought. Even in my relatively short time in fragcomm the hate and shade has taken over in a really toxic way. Glad to see there are still some great people in the community.
This video is a game changer. I’ve got so much respect for this guy. He says it as it is. No other fragrance reviewer comes close. I watch other channels for entertainment , but George knows his stuff, really knows the game. Absolutely fantastic.
I knew the type of guy he was when I saw his video telling the truth about that Bleu Electrique shit every youtuber was lying about. This guy deserves a lot more
" This smells more like silver mountain water than silver mountain water does right now. " 😲 He dropped the hammer 🔨 ! Pure honesty. It's spooky hours for Creed lol.
It's totally legit - I remember first smelling SMW in 2015 from a Creed sampler from a friend of mine who didn't care for it, but I know it'd been sitting in his fragrance drawer for a while, so I'm thinking it was at leas a 2014 batch, and who knows how long it was out there before he got it. Andrea's review also perfectly described SMW from that sampler - and I LOVED it. I finally got myself a new SMW bottle for a deal, and it was a 2018 batch, and there it was - the opening was GLORIOUS, just as the sample was - to this day maybe my favorite opening of any scent - but it very quickly became 100% inky-musk - no real trace of the citrus and creamy spicness that made SMW so amazing - exactly as mentioned in the video. I quickly got myself a bottle of Sillage after this review, and while it doesn't have the ridiculously amazing opening of SMW, it's so much better than SMW after ten minutes or so.
Even though I'm a casual frag user this is just pure gold. I love the sense of existential threat, the dilemma faced by supporters of authentic fragrance creators as the clone companies make huge inroads. Your passion is infectious. By the end I cared more than I really should.
There are a couple Creed fragrances worth investing in, if you’re able to navigate them within your budget... Many of them however, as George has stated, are just not the quality they once were.. Only from discount sites though... so... in part, George is beyond right.
Their entire club de nuit line was probably the idea of a bunch of former creed fanatics to both make dinero and show creed how deplorable and incompetent their brand is becoming in hopes of pushing them to make better products. Most people are brainwashed into loving creed but if they don't up their game by insane amounts and make better frags than armaf they'll be done within weeks
I gotta say something..... How does George have only 26k subscribers ? Other fragrance reviewers (without mentioning names) have tens of thousands more and not nearly the level of channel. Great work George.
Just a theory, but I think it has to do with the level of passion for fragrances. It seems that your casual fragrance viewer only wants to know (or get his opinion approved by someone else) about what fragrances are "good", to the point of time skipping the video just to see the names. Even when other fragrance reviewers do a poll of "what do to for my next video?", the majority goes for (yet another) "TOP 10 FRAGRANCES TO ....". Meanwhile, people that see more unique videos about fragrances - like the ones The Frag. Apprentice usually does - are in a minority, and it ends up reflecting in the subscribers. As a similar analogy: You can cook the best, most juicy, and unforgettable burger ever made, but McDonalds will always end up having more clients.
@@miguelsousa9802 ah yes. The top 10 McDonalds, a concept on which one 'fragrance reviewer' has capitalised like no other. Lifting ten bottles, with just enough time to utter their names and finishing off by thanking God for guidance... Fine for many, but not my cup of unsweetened tea. And then there's George, the haute cuisine master chef of our beloved fragrance community. What a breath of fresh salty sea air!
@@Sampleador update. My 2019 batch of 100ml royal oud is a dud. No performance at all. My only hope is the summer brings something out if it. 200 bucks in the toilet.
@@BarbaPamino Guess if we want niche with performance and power without the reformulation problem we will have to leave Creed and move to Roja Dove, Amouage or Nishane
@@Oakleyworld 10 years ago creed cost 90 dollars which he did say in the video an I can confirm and if you went on ebay you could pick up one for 75 to 80 dollars and a slightly used one you could pick up for 50 to 60 dollars. That's was ten years ago. But now they costs 240 dollars smh. He can enjoy his fragrance but advising him to buy more is stupid after looking at this in depth video. There are soo many niche houses that are actually niche quality. I would say lay off creed and try out another niche houses of course always sample. Xd.
Coming back from work, putting youtube on my tv, grabbing a glass of whiskey along with my dinner to watch these masterpieces of a review is a wonderful time and experience. I don't know how you do it man, but you've outdone yourself once again! And I have to agree 100% with you, it's a scary times for a fragrance world indeed. It's like you bought a counterfeit rolex and it's better made than the real deal, how's that even possible?😅 What are they putting into these fragrances nowadays that the clones are better for STILL a fraction of the original one price? WATER? Wait....
You have to take into context, like George was saying in his video, that Creed was for all intent and purposes, at the top of the game 10 years ago, and since their take over or the Creed brothers selling out, the quality has dropped off.. most likely to their disdain, they have no control over it anymore.. the bit that makes no sense is “paying for a name is idiotic” as throughout human history going back 100s of years people have put the name to something they have made, for two main reasons first being it was your design so you put your name to it 2nd it was a form of advertisement, as people would ask who made it! And nowadays is no different.. but today you have a choice if you have the money, to buy a Ford Focus a practical car, or a Ferrari a prestigious car, both have their names on the product, one is machine/robot made on a factory line the other is hand built and takes 6 weeks to build (an estimate on my part) what your paying for is the expertise, and quality of the finished product.. So saying paying for name is idiotic, doesn’t really count because unless you go around wearing shoes and clothes you made yourself from slaughtered animals off the plains, you to are actually paying for a named product in the very clothes you wear.. What is idiotic is when people live out of their means and buy these products and ramp up their credit cards and end up paying 100’s in interest because they can’t really afford to buy them outright in the first place! that’s where the cloners come in, they plug that part of the market
As usual - great work, George. I remember when I first heard that Creed were shrinking their bottles from 120ml to 100ml AND raising the price at the same time. I thought wow, what an asshole thing to do... but maybe they'll improve the quality /longevity?! Nope, multiple new batches from 3-4 fragrances that I tried were noticeably weaker and even different. I am glad I have my 120mil bottle of Green Irish Tweed from a few years ago but I won't ve giving them my $$$ anytime soon unless they stop the nonsense. Keep the videos coming, mate ✌️👍
It's what happens when a predatory private equity business like BlackRock, buys the brand. Lowers the quality, raises the prices. They literally price-rape their consumers - in the end there is a sense of betrayal and violation. !
I'll explain what's happening. There is no fragrance on the planet (a few minor exceptions) that is worth more than $120. Most of the value comes from the name and the prestige of it being a luxury product which is fine, I have no problem with that. The issue is that these houses got greedy, they wanted a larger market share beyond their niche audience. But in order to market to that audience they needed to mass produce, lower their quality but not the price in order to keep the same margins. Now these clone companies can come in and take the wool off. They can make a fragrance and sell it for $60 that smells just as good. My advice to creed is either stay niche and raise your quality, or lower your prices to be the same as Dior or the other high end designers.
How can you even state that? Do you even have an idea of how expensive raw materials are, and most importantly THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF CREATING A MASTERPIECE FRAGRANCE? Clone houses just have to make a cheap version of something someone already came up with and created
This is just a work of art. The color grade on your video is amazing, the content is like prose, and the message is like a warning from the past, placed in a bottle and thrown into the sea. Absolutely amazing. A cut above so many other review videos! They should give awards for videos such as these. Well done!
This the best fragrance video I've seen in long time. Forget top 5's, top 10's, all of that.. This is so inspirational, it's impossible not to feel all the passion you have for fragrances, and how much it means to you. you can't fake that! I even felt emotional at some point. What you're making in the fragrance community is very special George! Don't stop!
A Brand is a promise. The business of a brand is to keep that promise. The house of Creed or should I say Greed may still be raking it in with their diluted versions of past glories for now. But this business model is not sustainable over time. Some of us have early batches of Aventus that we can directly compare with the watered down insipid batches of recent years. Sillage and longevity are woefully sub par when compared to the glorious original. The future does not look bright for this brand. Raising prices while reducing value is a sure fire way of losing a demographic. I am so Incensed that I have decided to stop buying from Creed .I know from the forums that this is a common concern and so it is only a matter of time before this sentiment filters into the wider market.
Masterpiece of a video. I can only assume that Creed are terrified to put a foot wrong. Terrified of the blank slate ahead and the huge expectations that have arisen due to the legendary fragrances that came before. But to do nothing and be left to the remnants of history would be the worst outcome of all. I can only hope that Creed will rediscover itself in time.
If Creed and armaf were drug dealers blood would be shed. Creed- high quality. Potent. Premium price. Armaf- I can give them the same high ( or close enough) at a fraction of your price. They'll come running to me because I present better value.
Glad that someone is calling Creed out. I am 19 and have recently gotten into fragrances and all I ever hear in older review on TH-cam is that Creed is something you must have as a collector. I got 5 mL vials of Aventus, SMW, and MI and was impressed that they smelled good but when I see they all cost around $400 for the full size, there is no justification for those purchases even on discounters. Creed is currently getting away with murder in the pricing of their goods and their loyal fanbase and it just isn't right for the industry. I still think Aventus is my favorite fragrance I've smelled so far in my short 6 month collecting time, but the Armaf version doesn't feel like I am spraying away money when I am wearing it. Thanks for the video George.
The price is not a problem, for a niche Parfum. The problem is that the fragrance is basically a cologne diluted in water to the point that it lasts 1hour, smells good in the first few minutes and after that not detectable.
@@cano5063 do you really think $400 is a fine price for what is essentially smelly water? I adore fragrances but there's no way I'm giving that much money to something that doesn't have any practical use, (I can go on holiday for a week for that much). I get that what each person wishes to spend loads of money on is entirely subjective but you probably need to be earning 50k+ a year to genuinely be able to afford to spend $400 on 100ml of aftershave even if you truly believe what they say about the craftsmanship and the investment. I think it's absolutely nuts and it's going the way of designer clothing brands like Gucci increasing prices astronomically and reducing the quality, I'm worried for the industry
@@robbiecale3327 that’s what I said. For that price I expect more. There are other parfums for the same price that Do more. And of course it is arguable wether to spend that much for any parfum is a good choice in the first place.
Yes I'd like to know . I just bought it, and I liked, honestly the opening is a little weird, no as citric as I would like. But the dry down is pretty amazing. I've never tried any creed aventus Fragrance, but this guy seem to be honest and know what he's talking about. I need his review. Also why not include tres nuit against Green irish tweed.
I own both and club de nuit opens more strongly with a lemon 🍋. Drie down smells extremely like Aventus. I don't feel that it lasts as long as Aventus. Butttt at a fraction of the cost just respray 6 hours later.
George... please... Never quit your channel! The new series you try out, (the new if you like this...), and before the compliment factor (not just for seeing you being mad) and the others.. Reviews and talks like these, you just don't see them anywhere else. Too bad you don't have the big subscribers numbers but this makes your channel a 'niche' one with high quality and especially PASSION that will be very hard to clone.
Other reviewers mindlessly pump out top ten lists hoping the TH-cam algorithm will turn them into the next Jeremy Fragrance. The Fragrance Apprentice makes beautifully produced art house films that just so happen to be about the world of fragrance 😁
You’ve hit the nail on the head. I fell in love with Aventus with 16 years old and saved (back then) a lot of money to finally get it, and I still love it to this day and have great memories with this fragrance, but when I smelled it again in 2020 I was shocked. Aventus isn’t nearly the same as it used to be, and the same goes for SMW and MI, and Armafs Sillage and CDNI bring a fair bit of these memories back. They’re not perfect clones by any means, but they’re ridiculously close and only a fraction of the price of what Creeds are today, while offering more fragrance for your money… Personally I think Creed destroyed itself when they removed the smoky Birchtar and Oakmoss from Aventus and opted out for “Birch” and Vanilla to make a more “niche” fruity counterpart of Diors Sauvage. I know I’m late but thank you for this Review and awesome Video!
What a refreshing departure from the usual frag reviews. I was genuinely impressed by this. I have Armaf CDN and their MI clone. I love both of them. I can't justify $300+ on a fragrance. Any Erolfa clones?
If you look around you can friend erolfa for under $150.00 at times. Costco just a year ago had erolfa for $129.99 for a 100ml, I’m still kicking myself for not blind buying it.
One thing about honesty and truth is it’s quite brutal if ur on the other side of the fence hope Creed takes note. That’s what happens when u get too comfortable at the top. That’s what got Mike Tyson his first KO.
I wore milestone the other day and I could be smelt 10ft away 8 hours after application, and I only did 5 sprays. This stuff is fantastic. SOTD Gucci envy
You have Gucci envy for men?? I am so jealous. I can still smell the full bodied heaven of a scent that it was. I smelled it in 1998 for the first time. I hope Armaf will make a good clone as Gucci basically does not care about it’s clients. They just discontinue the best scent the had and gave us shit in return.
I was about to comment that Armaf should clone Gucci Envy as I stumbled upon these comments. Feels good to know we are not alone. So many people will never know that legendary scent. I got mine in highschool and my GF's hated it-- but their mothers LOVED it.
@@Mohannesburg I know... but is it good? I saw some reviews and they said it was just ok. I have a clone from a German clone maker,.. and that is ok. Not the deep sweet ginger intoxicating smell I remember from 1998. Do you have the one from Alexandria? I know Dua also has a clone. But that review was also middle of the road.
@@Mohannesburg do you have that clone? I heard Dua also has one,.. but the reviews are not so good here on TH-cam. Thank you for your message ,.. I appreciate your help. 👍👍😀
Haha George when you said alarm bells were ringing when you saw Andrea’s video, I knew where this was going. You captivate your audience with your detailed stories of your fragrance experiences. I will always watch your stuff brother! Waiting for you to change your channel name to The Fragrance Master! Keep it up!
I mean I can see you clearly love Creed and the genuine concern you have for fragrances as a whole. If this clone 's t starts doing it better than the original then that's the end of an art and any new startup can be drowned by the sheer scale of this cheap clone company. I'm in Malaysia, and armaf seems to be doing better because the price makes more sense,
Hi George - first comment under one of your vids for me, but still enjoyed all of them and your artistic approach to your videos (one can tell you studied something in this direction). to be honest - I never smelled MI and bought Milestone because of your review and it was really worth it - it's one of my favourites, especially in the summer. Due to this video I also think about giving Sillage a chance (even though I have al Wisam day too). Anyway - the only reason I bought these clones is clearly the prive advantage - as you said: there is no honour in copying stuff. But comparing 40€ against 290€ is no joke. Of course it's also politics about your image etc (what everyhigh class brand hass) - but I'd think that in a field like perfumes, where you don't have every season a new collection strategic mistakes are way more severe. Of course we don't know the numbers but lets be honest - most of the people dont want ant can't spend 250-300€ on a bottle of perfume. And If you spend that amount and have an alternative which is nearly the same level for a fraction of the other price......the top price company will lose in the end (except from the snobeffect), as you can't see what you're wearing - so you don't have this prestige transfer. By the way - talking about strategy - also the video you made about Jeremeys strategy is on point and it might be in a way similiar - but if your strategy is not too clear, or not robust to changing times you might get on a losing streak. That being said - maybe it's an video idea for how different houses changed their strategies over time (pricings/audience/DNAs) - maybe that would be worth talking about. Anyways - you deserve so many more viewers - keep on going Greetings from Germany!
I’ve been a subscriber for a while now this is the 1st review I watched by you and I’ve been addicted too your videos ever since hope your well heard you were in hospital take care
This is the best fragrance channel in the game right now and it's not even close. My appetite for yet another "top 10 fragrances for blah fucking blah" is waning. Not that there's no room for that ever but, fuck me, it's like that's the only format most other channels can contemplate. Thank you for keeping things interesting and being different. True fucking original.
Because of you're epic armaf milestone video I bought it...now I have to go and buy Sillage, why wouldn't I? You worked for Creed! Brutal videos my friend
Great video as always. Please do a video about how Creed Aventus dominated the world!! Please, I’m begging you 🙏🏼 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Brilliant..... And from now on ill only comment brilliant. Until I see different from your content. I don't give a shit who thinks otherwise your content is rarely matched in this community. Full stop. ✌
Club de nuit intense did a good job imitating Aventus. I have 2 bottles of Aventus. One I bought in 2015 and one in 2020. The 2020 version is weaker. I also bought club de nuit intense 2 weeks ago. It is performs better than Aventus. Does it smell exactly the same. No. But it sure does when it comes to silage. The funny thing about my 2015 and 2020 Aventus bottles. Is that they don't even smell exactly the same. I bought both from Creed website. So they both are the real deal.
Watching Fragrance vids by everyone for the past 5 years, this by far, is the BEST fragrance video ever done !!. Not a fan of Creed nor M.I. however the way you told the story was absolutely intriguing, genuine and extremely captivating fron start to finish. WOW - very impressed. I cant stand watching Jeremy anymore (with his whimsical shirtless rants). Keep these kinds of vids coming
Very poignant declaration George. Enjoyed the video as much as all the other excellent clips you put out mate ! Really going to think twice about going to New York to Madison ave and dropping $500 like I have done so often on shiite. Bought SMW last year and it is very disappointing. I will be purchasing Sillage now. Thanks again from freezing Canada !!
George, you’ve transcended fragcomm; this is art. There’s more visual quality and insight in these 21 minutes than most fragrance channels have in their entire catalogues. I don’t know how you do it, but I’m in awe. Bravo.
The commitment, the quality and sheer clarity of expression this man has. Don't get me wrong, we all do follow bigger fragrance channels but they can't match this production value
Well i had to subscribe for this video.. i don't agree with you on PV, as my opinion is emp ext is the best aventus clone.. but this content is spot on otherwise
Yeoooo!!!! I have seen other reviews on this frag. but this review, coming from YOU is what I have been waiting on!!!! Thank you George. I like your reviews because you are VERY INFORMATIVE, as well as you try to educate, give some history to your viewers. Your review on Milestone is the only reason I purchased my bottle, & with this review well...........I'm waiting on the mail carrier. Love the quote "that's your hill to die on".........keep em coming!!
You should smell Parfums Vintage latest clone of Creed Aventus.....Emperor Extrait, closest clone to the batch from 2016, at least that's what reviewers say. That sounds also very troubling. Lol.
You made me buy this........... I got mines yesterday and wore it instantly.... 😱😱... it’s such an awesome 😎 scent. I think I over sprayed tho and turned into a Beast for the first 3hrs I was projecting on the beach 🏖 like the sun. Normally I spray two on my skin (left and Right rib area) before I put my shirt on. Then after the shirt I spray my chest and my belly area my shoulders, wrists and my neck-back. That’s NINE SPRAYS. 🤯🤯. This will Choke you the hell out if you over spray, i had a sore throat last night, it’s not call sillage for nothing, please go light because a little goes a long way for me.
Such a great video! It's a crappy, snowy day here in Philadelphia and I feel like I was able to get out of the house and hang out with a friend as he shared a story from memory lane. Loved it. Keep up the awesome content!
Gangsta ass review Bro!!! But I tell you what I'm gonna do.....I'm gonna buy high quality clones for a 1/8 of the price of Creed and tell all of my friends!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Superb review Geroge. The cinematics are just immense and the intro and ending are beautifully composed. This is what separates you from the rest of the fragrance reviewers and your channel is the reason why I started getting into fragrance in the first place, a fellow Brit with true British wit and a clear passion for this industry. Really glad to see you reviewing Sillage because it is an incredible alternative and I say alternative because I feel like Armaf, at least with Club De Nuit, are no longer clones, but alternatives, to the Creed Juggernaut that has dominated the men's fragrance game for the longest time. I do not have a concern with what could happen to Creed, its a brand, and brands rise and fall all the time. Fashion, especially fragrance is an extension of yourself, how it makes you feel, how you enjoy it, not about funding a brands marketing campaigns to justify, what to some, is 4 days of wages working full time. I have sampled, reviewed and bought, what I would call the Fantastic 4; Club De Nuit Intense Man EDP, Milestone, Intense Woman and most recently Sillage (because balls to Urban) and the way they make me feel, the way it resonates and the joy I get from smelling like £1000 worth of luxury fragrances for £125 and the notes I pick up, it's just joyous. Creed will have their fans and they have deserved their international acclaim, but let's be honest, they cannot expect to survive in this day and age when a clone can stand toe to toe or even win against their creation that for decades have sold for £100-£250 a bottle. The day that Armaf release Royal Oud, Original Santal, and Green Irish Tweed, if they can replicate it as well as they have with Sillage and Milestone, I think that is the day that Creed will die off. Armaf knows what they are doing and they know how to create a fantastic composition and they have proven their worth by being a competitive rival to Aventus, Millesime Imperial, Silver Mountain Water, and Noir de Noir by Tom Ford. I think the day is coming when Armaf will take the Creed and Tom Ford range and turn it on its head as they consume the market, replicating icons down to a Tee where not even a honed nose can differentiate between the original, but that is where I get concerned... that's what bothers me. I do not want to see these brands go but nor do I really want everyone to smell like it either because there's a pleasure in standing out amongst the crowd which was usually where these Luxury/Niche fragrances reigned supreme so having something so similar so accessible is going to make these fragrances, or at least the prestige of them, completely redundant. Confusing times indeed...
They deserve their downfall. They water down their overpriced fragrances and they have no longevity. Wildly inconsistent batches to cheat customers. Good riddance
The thing I really like about your reviews, is you put in so much detail and explain the backstory so well, I genuinely believe you when you speak on a fragrance :D
Cant wait for part 5 Creed Strikes Back. I think its less that clones have gotten better, more than creed has been shit since they got bought out, and even before that have been overcharging for cheap ingredients. I just smelt the reformulated Bois de Portugal and it honestly smells like CDNIM. The second thing that really bothers me is that creed's prestige is all bullshit they made up since their founded 1760 or whatever claim is just the tailor shop setup by his great great great grandfather and didnt sell fragrances. Also, ive tried parfums vintage emperor maximum extrait and while I havent smelt the pineapple aventus batch, thisis what I imagine it to be. It's amazing and id choose it over aventus any day. How would you rate the closeness of milestone and silliage to their perspective clones in comparison to CDNIM? I cant test them in Australia and want to know before i pull the trigger. Ive seen your review and I dont think CDNIM is very similar to aventus.
This is your best video, George.
Mate, you've been here since almost day one, thanks! 🙌
The only video I watched without skipping
Excellent vid!! Great job!
Facts
Just bought a decant of Sillage
Aventus is realy realy hard to clone.. even creed cant get it right .. 😂😂
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Best comment ever!! 😂😅💪🏾
I appreciate the time and passion you put into your videos. Very well done.
You've really grown into the Romantic era poet aesthetic, my man. Love it
Another amazing video, great editing, perfect scenery. More of this please George, it’s captivating stuff 👍🏼
There is no editing it is raw video lol😂
Amazing video. You are saying what other youtubers are afraid of saying, or perhaps they do not say it because of ego and blindness.
I like the meta videos about the fragrance industry. Question: did the Creed decline begin before or after the Blackrock purchase?
Before.
I like your style, more like an actual youtuber. Most of the cologne people seem like they're just reviewers.
If your subscriber count matched the quality of the content you’ve been putting out, you’d have the highest count of all fragrance reviewers on TH-cam. Cheers from Portland, Oregon.
Thank you, it's a personal dream to one day visit Portland, it's just so nice to know I have the viewer from there!
Thoroughly enjoyed this post.
😂😂😂 Holy smokes, I'm watching this and suddenly my face pops up! I thought I was about to get bashed for some reason hahaha. I guess the sample of SMW I had was a newer one, because I honestly liked Club De Nuit Sillage more. Thoroughly enjoyed this video George!! ❤️
Our girl showed up. Thank you for all your work curly!
Hi beautiful!
It’s sad that in the community that’s your first thought. Even in my relatively short time in fragcomm the hate and shade has taken over in a really toxic way. Glad to see there are still some great people in the community.
I just ordered the Intense version. Any thoughts? And a DUA Hybrid of Parfums de Marky Herod with Baccarat Rouge 540.
George is a gentleman, he really doesn't bash people. And when he does, it's in a very polite way. ;)
This video is a game changer. I’ve got so much respect for this guy. He says it as it is. No other fragrance reviewer comes close. I watch other channels for entertainment , but George knows his stuff, really knows the game. Absolutely fantastic.
He really puts his emotions into it.
I knew the type of guy he was when I saw his video telling the truth about that Bleu Electrique shit every youtuber was lying about. This guy deserves a lot more
I currently watching this on a big screen tv and Armaf should hire you to make them a commercial. The bottle with that background was a gorgeous shot.
thanks
How come the start of these type of vids aways feel like I just clicked on a netflix documentary
Mate, you are too kind. 🙌
Yes i get that vibe too!
Honestly thought
David Attenborough will pop up out of the bushes any moment.
Video was better then most of the slop Netflix documentary are today.
... Yes! I always view George's reviews as educational, not entertainments too!
" This smells more like silver mountain water than silver mountain water does right now. " 😲 He dropped the hammer 🔨 ! Pure honesty. It's spooky hours for Creed lol.
It's totally legit - I remember first smelling SMW in 2015 from a Creed sampler from a friend of mine who didn't care for it, but I know it'd been sitting in his fragrance drawer for a while, so I'm thinking it was at leas a 2014 batch, and who knows how long it was out there before he got it.
Andrea's review also perfectly described SMW from that sampler - and I LOVED it. I finally got myself a new SMW bottle for a deal, and it was a 2018 batch, and there it was - the opening was GLORIOUS, just as the sample was - to this day maybe my favorite opening of any scent - but it very quickly became 100% inky-musk - no real trace of the citrus and creamy spicness that made SMW so amazing - exactly as mentioned in the video.
I quickly got myself a bottle of Sillage after this review, and while it doesn't have the ridiculously amazing opening of SMW, it's so much better than SMW after ten minutes or so.
Even though I'm a casual frag user this is just pure gold. I love the sense of existential threat, the dilemma faced by supporters of authentic fragrance creators as the clone companies make huge inroads. Your passion is infectious. By the end I cared more than I really should.
You're the Christopher Nolan of fragrance reviews.
So true - George deserves many more subscribers, hopefully they're coming soon
@@CinHotlanta absolutely
@@CinHotlanta They will
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You officially confirmed for me that I shouldn’t invest in Creed
Same
Agreed never been impressed, PDM, Mancera and Montale far superior imo
I have silver mountain water, it’s ok but not one of my favourites by a long way.
Tbh, for the prices, Aventus is the only one still worth investing in. and thats only if its within your budget.
There are a couple Creed fragrances worth investing in, if you’re able to navigate them within your budget...
Many of them however, as George has stated, are just not the quality they once were..
Only from discount sites though... so... in part, George is beyond right.
Armaf is calling Creed out for their BS!!!!
Facts
Can't argue that!!
Their entire club de nuit line was probably the idea of a bunch of former creed fanatics to both make dinero and show creed how deplorable and incompetent their brand is becoming in hopes of pushing them to make better products. Most people are brainwashed into loving creed but if they don't up their game by insane amounts and make better frags than armaf they'll be done within weeks
I gotta say something.....
How does George have only 26k subscribers ? Other fragrance reviewers (without mentioning names) have tens of thousands more and not nearly the level of channel. Great work George.
One reason is that none of mine are Bought.
Just a theory, but I think it has to do with the level of passion for fragrances.
It seems that your casual fragrance viewer only wants to know (or get his opinion approved by someone else) about what fragrances are "good", to the point of time skipping the video just to see the names. Even when other fragrance reviewers do a poll of "what do to for my next video?", the majority goes for (yet another) "TOP 10 FRAGRANCES TO ....".
Meanwhile, people that see more unique videos about fragrances - like the ones The Frag. Apprentice usually does - are in a minority, and it ends up reflecting in the subscribers.
As a similar analogy: You can cook the best, most juicy, and unforgettable burger ever made, but McDonalds will always end up having more clients.
@@miguelsousa9802 Damn, perfectly articulated and I'd agree. Cheers!
He’s always been this good it’s just that now people are noticing
@@miguelsousa9802 ah yes. The top 10 McDonalds, a concept on which one 'fragrance reviewer' has capitalised like no other. Lifting ten bottles, with just enough time to utter their names and finishing off by thanking God for guidance... Fine for many, but not my cup of unsweetened tea.
And then there's George, the haute cuisine master chef of our beloved fragrance community. What a breath of fresh salty sea air!
If Armaf goes full force against Creed with clones of Royal Oud and Erolfa is over
Has Royal Oud diminished in quality too? Was about to get another one
@@BarbaPamino i dont know but if aventus milessime imperial and silver mountain water has its a matter of time until that trend reaches royal oud
@@Sampleador guess I'll just buy and hope for the best. Can't imagine quality going up from here. Cheers
@@Sampleador update. My 2019 batch of 100ml royal oud is a dud. No performance at all. My only hope is the summer brings something out if it. 200 bucks in the toilet.
@@BarbaPamino Guess if we want niche with performance and power without the reformulation problem we will have to leave Creed and move to Roja Dove, Amouage or Nishane
The Fragrance Apprentice doesnt always make videos, but when he does, he doesnt simply stand in his flat and wave the bottle around
😂😂😂
Lmaooooo
You're right, mate. Both Milestone and Sillage are awesome. They're not suppose to be this good.
Me: Buys my first Milleseme Imperial this year
**George releases video saying "Creed's going down"**
Me:🥴🥴
🤣 Oh man, i actually laughed out loud with this one!
Sorry my dude!
@@TheFragranceApprentice Haha. I'm glad! My first and last MI then, I don't know.
Creed isnt going anywhere and awesome pickup armaf is not taking creed down lmao.
@@varunbrahmwar8574 stop being influenced by TH-cam videos, you have a great original fragrance, enjoy and buy some more if you wish.
@@Oakleyworld 10 years ago creed cost 90 dollars which he did say in the video an I can confirm and if you went on ebay you could pick up one for 75 to 80 dollars and a slightly used one you could pick up for 50 to 60 dollars. That's was ten years ago. But now they costs 240 dollars smh. He can enjoy his fragrance but advising him to buy more is stupid after looking at this in depth video. There are soo many niche houses that are actually niche quality. I would say lay off creed and try out another niche houses of course always sample. Xd.
The downfall of creed was selling out to blackrock group. Quality goes bye bye and it’s becomes a number in a portfolio
Coming back from work, putting youtube on my tv, grabbing a glass of whiskey along with my dinner to watch these masterpieces of a review is a wonderful time and experience. I don't know how you do it man, but you've outdone yourself once again!
And I have to agree 100% with you, it's a scary times for a fragrance world indeed. It's like you bought a counterfeit rolex and it's better made than the real deal, how's that even possible?😅
What are they putting into these fragrances nowadays that the clones are better for STILL a fraction of the original one price? WATER? Wait....
creed has cloned many fragrances...why pay stupid high prices for something that is not even worth have the price. paying for a name is idiotic!
You have to take into context, like George was saying in his video, that Creed was for all intent and purposes, at the top of the game 10 years ago, and since their take over or the Creed brothers selling out, the quality has dropped off.. most likely to their disdain, they have no control over it anymore..
the bit that makes no sense is “paying for a name is idiotic” as throughout human history going back 100s of years people have put the name to something they have made, for two main reasons first being it was your design so you put your name to it 2nd it was a form of advertisement, as people would ask who made it!
And nowadays is no different.. but today you have a choice if you have the money, to buy a Ford Focus a practical car, or a Ferrari a prestigious car, both have their names on the product, one is machine/robot made on a factory line the other is hand built and takes 6 weeks to build (an estimate on my part) what your paying for is the expertise, and quality of the finished product..
So saying paying for name is idiotic, doesn’t really count because unless you go around wearing shoes and clothes you made yourself from slaughtered animals off the plains, you to are actually paying for a named product in the very clothes you wear..
What is idiotic is when people live out of their means and buy these products and ramp up their credit cards and end up paying 100’s in interest because they can’t really afford to buy them outright in the first place! that’s where the cloners come in, they plug that part of the market
Ahah tell that to supreme! Saw my first ever legit Supreme hoodie before the pandemic and honestly seen better quality for 10x less.
In 2023 The Clones are dangerously good at $30 not $300 per 100ml
As usual - great work, George. I remember when I first heard that Creed were shrinking their bottles from 120ml to 100ml AND raising the price at the same time. I thought wow, what an asshole thing to do... but maybe they'll improve the quality /longevity?! Nope, multiple new batches from 3-4 fragrances that I tried were noticeably weaker and even different. I am glad I have my 120mil bottle of Green Irish Tweed from a few years ago but I won't ve giving them my $$$ anytime soon unless they stop the nonsense. Keep the videos coming, mate ✌️👍
It's what happens when a predatory private equity business like BlackRock, buys the brand. Lowers the quality, raises the prices. They literally price-rape their consumers - in the end there is a sense of betrayal and violation. !
I watched the first 3 minutes and couldn't resist saying this: you look like a character in assassin's creed!
Lol facts
I'll explain what's happening. There is no fragrance on the planet (a few minor exceptions) that is worth more than $120. Most of the value comes from the name and the prestige of it being a luxury product which is fine, I have no problem with that. The issue is that these houses got greedy, they wanted a larger market share beyond their niche audience. But in order to market to that audience they needed to mass produce, lower their quality but not the price in order to keep the same margins.
Now these clone companies can come in and take the wool off. They can make a fragrance and sell it for $60 that smells just as good. My advice to creed is either stay niche and raise your quality, or lower your prices to be the same as Dior or the other high end designers.
It does not smell as good as Creed lol
How can you even state that? Do you even have an idea of how expensive raw materials are, and most importantly THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF CREATING A MASTERPIECE FRAGRANCE? Clone houses just have to make a cheap version of something someone already came up with and created
@@ozneonil7132is this armaf Sillage as good as creed?
This is just a work of art. The color grade on your video is amazing, the content is like prose, and the message is like a warning from the past, placed in a bottle and thrown into the sea. Absolutely amazing. A cut above so many other review videos! They should give awards for videos such as these. Well done!
You deserve to be at the top of Fragrance Reviewers....this is so much more High Quality content than the Rest.
This the best fragrance video I've seen in long time. Forget top 5's, top 10's, all of that.. This is so inspirational, it's impossible not to feel all the passion you have for fragrances, and how much it means to you. you can't fake that! I even felt emotional at some point. What you're making in the fragrance community is very special George! Don't stop!
Brands shouldn’t reformulate. It’s fraud. Their downfall is deserved.
A Brand is a promise. The business of a brand is to keep that promise. The house of Creed or should I say Greed may still be raking it in with their diluted versions of past glories for now. But this business model is not sustainable over time. Some of us have early batches of Aventus that we can directly compare with the watered down insipid batches of recent years. Sillage and longevity are woefully sub par when compared to the glorious original. The future does not look bright for this brand. Raising prices while reducing value is a sure fire way of losing a demographic. I am so Incensed that I have decided to stop buying from Creed .I know from the forums that this is a common concern and so it is only a matter of time before this sentiment filters into the wider market.
Masterpiece of a video. I can only assume that Creed are terrified to put a foot wrong. Terrified of the blank slate ahead and the huge expectations that have arisen due to the legendary fragrances that came before. But to do nothing and be left to the remnants of history would be the worst outcome of all. I can only hope that Creed will rediscover itself in time.
2024 THE GAME HAS CHANGED. CLONES are Winning ❤
If Creed and armaf were drug dealers blood would be shed.
Creed- high quality. Potent. Premium price.
Armaf- I can give them the same high ( or close enough) at a fraction of your price. They'll come running to me because I present better value.
Technology happened brother, technology. Times have changed. Quantities and notes can all be matched and manipulated.
Glad that someone is calling Creed out. I am 19 and have recently gotten into fragrances and all I ever hear in older review on TH-cam is that Creed is something you must have as a collector. I got 5 mL vials of Aventus, SMW, and MI and was impressed that they smelled good but when I see they all cost around $400 for the full size, there is no justification for those purchases even on discounters. Creed is currently getting away with murder in the pricing of their goods and their loyal fanbase and it just isn't right for the industry. I still think Aventus is my favorite fragrance I've smelled so far in my short 6 month collecting time, but the Armaf version doesn't feel like I am spraying away money when I am wearing it. Thanks for the video George.
The price is not a problem, for a niche Parfum. The problem is that the fragrance is basically a cologne diluted in water to the point that it lasts 1hour, smells good in the first few minutes and after that not detectable.
@@cano5063 do you really think $400 is a fine price for what is essentially smelly water? I adore fragrances but there's no way I'm giving that much money to something that doesn't have any practical use, (I can go on holiday for a week for that much). I get that what each person wishes to spend loads of money on is entirely subjective but you probably need to be earning 50k+ a year to genuinely be able to afford to spend $400 on 100ml of aftershave even if you truly believe what they say about the craftsmanship and the investment. I think it's absolutely nuts and it's going the way of designer clothing brands like Gucci increasing prices astronomically and reducing the quality, I'm worried for the industry
@@robbiecale3327 that’s what I said. For that price I expect more. There are other parfums for the same price that Do more. And of course it is arguable wether to spend that much for any parfum is a good choice in the first place.
Ur opinion of club de nuit intense would be a life or death matter at this point
Yes I'd like to know . I just bought it, and I liked, honestly the opening is a little weird, no as citric as I would like. But the dry down is pretty amazing. I've never tried any creed aventus Fragrance, but this guy seem to be honest and know what he's talking about. I need his review.
Also why not include tres nuit against Green irish tweed.
@@ernestomorales6091 tres nuit is magic. Not as green as GIT but more fresh and citrus..
I own both and club de nuit opens more strongly with a lemon 🍋. Drie down smells extremely like Aventus. I don't feel that it lasts as long as Aventus. Butttt at a fraction of the cost just respray 6 hours later.
@Umair Tallat I will grab bro thanx, still it w0uld be epic to see a cdni video the way "fragrance apprentice style"
@Umair Tallat u dont understand, I already seen jeremy and others about cdni , but this dude, he makes his reviews on other level
I’m in a Tesco and I was gonna stand and watch it but from the first shot, I’ve decided this is worth sitting down later to see.
it's one to have a cup of tea and sit down with I'd say.
Man you should not hype Armaf man. I am trying to get one for cheap. Pls thrash it, break it call it bootleg.
Jeremy started talking about CDNIm and the prices went up :(
'the apprentice' became 'the master'
George... please... Never quit your channel! The new series you try out, (the new if you like this...), and before the compliment factor (not just for seeing you being mad) and the others..
Reviews and talks like these, you just don't see them anywhere else.
Too bad you don't have the big subscribers numbers but this makes your channel a 'niche' one with high quality and especially PASSION that will be very hard to clone.
GOODBYE CREED.
I will miss Viking though.
Don't worry, Armaf will do it as well really soon :)
@@CinHotlanta if it's as close as some of the recent ones, I'm onboard :D
It's just the price in general..no matter how good it smells. People cant justified spending that kind of money on cologne to wear..
Yes. I don’t mind the toned own of smoky birch note but you raised the price for that?? It should be 80% off!
There are multimillionaire's out there that still wear cheapies. I once smelt Versace Pour Homme on a guy coming out of a lamborghini.
Brilliantly structured and delivered content. You're the niche version of a fragrance reviewer. Cheers mate! 👌
I feel like I’m watching a Netflix documentary with a multi million dollar budget when I watch these type of reviews of yours lately
Parfums vintage is the worst company in the world. Worst customer service ever.
Other reviewers mindlessly pump out top ten lists hoping the TH-cam algorithm will turn them into the next Jeremy Fragrance. The Fragrance Apprentice makes beautifully produced art house films that just so happen to be about the world of fragrance 😁
This is not just a review, this is a critique. Congrats on the good work!
Aren't all reviews critiques?
I use SMW, bought armaf after seen your video. I can tell you it’s nothing like Creeds SMW. Did you get Covid 19 and lost your smell?
Bro you flamed Creed so hard it singed me eyebrows here in New Zealand. I will not be purchasing anymore Creed.
You’ve hit the nail on the head.
I fell in love with Aventus with 16 years old and saved (back then) a lot of money to finally get it, and I still love it to this day and have great memories with this fragrance, but when I smelled it again in 2020 I was shocked.
Aventus isn’t nearly the same as it used to be, and the same goes for SMW and MI, and Armafs Sillage and CDNI bring a fair bit of these memories back.
They’re not perfect clones by any means, but they’re ridiculously close and only a fraction of the price of what Creeds are today, while offering more fragrance for your money…
Personally I think Creed destroyed itself when they removed the smoky Birchtar and Oakmoss from Aventus and opted out for “Birch” and Vanilla to make a more “niche” fruity counterpart of Diors Sauvage.
I know I’m late but thank you for this Review and awesome Video!
What a refreshing departure from the usual frag reviews. I was genuinely impressed by this. I have Armaf CDN and their MI clone. I love both of them. I can't justify $300+ on a fragrance. Any Erolfa clones?
Dua High Seas. I love Erolfa but I think this is actually better than Erolfa.
If you look around you can friend erolfa for under $150.00 at times. Costco just a year ago had erolfa for $129.99 for a 100ml, I’m still kicking myself for not blind buying it.
Damn son! How are you so far ahead of everyone else? Long live King George👑
The meditation on Creed and clones that we needed.
New sub here! Brilliant video! Only hang up was that you didn’t use your taser on the man who walked passed 🤷♂️
One thing about honesty and truth is it’s quite brutal if ur on the other side of the fence hope Creed takes note. That’s what happens when u get too comfortable at the top. That’s what got Mike Tyson his first KO.
I wore milestone the other day and I could be smelt 10ft away 8 hours after application, and I only did 5 sprays. This stuff is fantastic. SOTD Gucci envy
You have Gucci envy for men?? I am so jealous. I can still smell the full bodied heaven of a scent that it was. I smelled it in 1998 for the first time. I hope Armaf will make a good clone as Gucci basically does not care about it’s clients. They just discontinue the best scent the had and gave us shit in return.
I was about to comment that Armaf should clone Gucci Envy as I stumbled upon these comments.
Feels good to know we are not alone. So many people will never know that legendary scent.
I got mine in highschool and my GF's hated it-- but their mothers LOVED it.
@@michaeldebree4870 Alexandria has a clone of Envy
@@Mohannesburg I know... but is it good? I saw some reviews and they said it was just ok. I have a clone from a German clone maker,.. and that is ok. Not the deep sweet ginger intoxicating smell I remember from 1998. Do you have the one from Alexandria? I know Dua also has a clone. But that review was also middle of the road.
@@Mohannesburg do you have that clone? I heard Dua also has one,.. but the reviews are not so good here on TH-cam. Thank you for your message ,.. I appreciate your help. 👍👍😀
storytelling is insane it feels like i really am hearing a tale of a fall of a titan
Haha George when you said alarm bells were ringing when you saw Andrea’s video, I knew where this was going. You captivate your audience with your detailed stories of your fragrance experiences. I will always watch your stuff brother! Waiting for you to change your channel name to The Fragrance Master! Keep it up!
I mean I can see you clearly love Creed and the genuine concern you have for fragrances as a whole. If this clone 's t starts doing it better than the original then that's the end of an art and any new startup can be drowned by the sheer scale of this cheap clone company. I'm in Malaysia, and armaf seems to be doing better because the price makes more sense,
Hi George - first comment under one of your vids for me, but still enjoyed all of them and your artistic approach to your videos (one can tell you studied something in this direction).
to be honest - I never smelled MI and bought Milestone because of your review and it was really worth it - it's one of my favourites, especially in the summer. Due to this video I also think about giving Sillage a chance (even though I have al Wisam day too).
Anyway - the only reason I bought these clones is clearly the prive advantage - as you said: there is no honour in copying stuff. But comparing 40€ against 290€ is no joke. Of course it's also politics about your image etc (what everyhigh class brand hass) - but I'd think that in a field like perfumes, where you don't have every season a new collection strategic mistakes are way more severe.
Of course we don't know the numbers but lets be honest - most of the people dont want ant can't spend 250-300€ on a bottle of perfume. And If you spend that amount and have an alternative which is nearly the same level for a fraction of the other price......the top price company will lose in the end (except from the snobeffect), as you can't see what you're wearing - so you don't have this prestige transfer.
By the way - talking about strategy - also the video you made about Jeremeys strategy is on point and it might be in a way similiar - but if your strategy is not too clear, or not robust to changing times you might get on a losing streak.
That being said - maybe it's an video idea for how different houses changed their strategies over time (pricings/audience/DNAs) - maybe that would be worth talking about.
Anyways - you deserve so many more viewers - keep on going
Greetings from Germany!
The quality, passion, and art in your productions are what the overwhelming majority of creators need. Brava👏🏽
And the Oscar for best Review 2021 goes to... The Fragrance Apprentice.
... again!
I’ve been a subscriber for a while now this is the 1st review I watched by you and I’ve been addicted too your videos ever since hope your well heard you were in hospital take care
I wouldn't touch a Creed even before seeing this video... this just confirms it 👍
Exactly 💯
It's official. The best fragrance content in the world is right here on this TH-cam channel.
It appears that Creed fragrances are getting weaker/diluted and THAT is an utter travesty! What a shame!
This is the best fragrance channel in the game right now and it's not even close. My appetite for yet another "top 10 fragrances for blah fucking blah" is waning. Not that there's no room for that ever but, fuck me, it's like that's the only format most other channels can contemplate. Thank you for keeping things interesting and being different. True fucking original.
There's probably gonna be a surge in purchases in the next couple weeks for this fragrance after this video makes it's rounds lol
Because of you're epic armaf milestone video I bought it...now I have to go and buy Sillage, why wouldn't I? You worked for Creed! Brutal videos my friend
Great video as always. Please do a video about how Creed Aventus dominated the world!! Please, I’m begging you 🙏🏼 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Armaf will have a clone of Viking in the near future. I bet that will be spot on aswell. Great video 📹 👍
i really hope so !!
Will be glad if they do that
They should do Royal Oud too, my guess is Armaf will do Aventus Cologne CDNIM Cologne or Sport.
@@lv2465
That will be great move
Really love AVENTUS COLOGNE
@@lv2465 they already have enough aventus dupes maybe time to move on from that DNA
Brilliant..... And from now on ill only comment brilliant. Until I see different from your content. I don't give a shit who thinks otherwise your content is rarely matched in this community. Full stop. ✌
Club de nuit intense did a good job imitating Aventus. I have 2 bottles of Aventus. One I bought in 2015 and one in 2020. The 2020 version is weaker. I also bought club de nuit intense 2 weeks ago. It is performs better than Aventus. Does it smell exactly the same. No. But it sure does when it comes to silage. The funny thing about my 2015 and 2020 Aventus bottles. Is that they don't even smell exactly the same. I bought both from Creed website. So they both are the real deal.
Definitely the most original content on this platform
Watching Fragrance vids by everyone for the past 5 years, this by far, is the BEST fragrance video ever done !!. Not a fan of Creed nor M.I. however the way you told the story was absolutely intriguing, genuine and extremely captivating fron start to finish. WOW - very impressed. I cant stand watching Jeremy anymore (with his whimsical shirtless rants). Keep these kinds of vids coming
number one fragrance channel for me!
we need more videos like this - creed have turned into greed! gotta make them feel how we are disappointed
Very poignant declaration George. Enjoyed the video as much as all the other excellent clips you put out mate ! Really going to think twice about going to New York to Madison ave and dropping $500 like I have done so often on shiite. Bought SMW last year and it is very disappointing. I will be purchasing Sillage now. Thanks again from freezing Canada !!
George, you’ve transcended fragcomm; this is art. There’s more visual quality and insight in these 21 minutes than most fragrance channels have in their entire catalogues. I don’t know how you do it, but I’m in awe. Bravo.
This is my favourite fragrance channel. Outstanding content, hope to see more for many years to come. 👍
Sillage smells terrible IMO never smelled SMW but Sillage smells so synthetic.... headache just thinking about it.
The commitment, the quality and sheer clarity of expression this man has. Don't get me wrong, we all do follow bigger fragrance channels but they can't match this production value
Well i had to subscribe for this video.. i don't agree with you on PV, as my opinion is emp ext is the best aventus clone.. but this content is spot on otherwise
Yeoooo!!!! I have seen other reviews on this frag. but this review, coming from YOU is what I have been waiting on!!!! Thank you George. I like your reviews because you are VERY INFORMATIVE, as well as you try to educate, give some history to your viewers. Your review on Milestone is the only reason I purchased my bottle, & with this review well...........I'm waiting on the mail carrier. Love the quote "that's your hill to die on".........keep em coming!!
You should smell Parfums Vintage latest clone of Creed Aventus.....Emperor Extrait, closest clone to the batch from 2016, at least that's what reviewers say. That sounds also very troubling. Lol.
Good on you George for calling them out.Need more reviews like this and maybe,just maybe they'll listen.
You made me buy this...........
I got mines yesterday and wore it instantly.... 😱😱... it’s such an awesome 😎 scent. I think I over sprayed tho and turned into a Beast for the first 3hrs I was projecting on the beach 🏖 like the sun. Normally I spray two on my skin (left and Right rib area) before I put my shirt on. Then after the shirt I spray my chest and my belly area my shoulders, wrists and my neck-back. That’s NINE SPRAYS. 🤯🤯. This will Choke you the hell out if you over spray, i had a sore throat last night, it’s not call sillage for nothing, please go light because a little goes a long way for me.
Such a great video! It's a crappy, snowy day here in Philadelphia and I feel like I was able to get out of the house and hang out with a friend as he shared a story from memory lane. Loved it. Keep up the awesome content!
Gangsta ass review Bro!!! But I tell you what I'm gonna do.....I'm gonna buy high quality clones for a 1/8 of the price of Creed and tell all of my friends!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Superb review Geroge. The cinematics are just immense and the intro and ending are beautifully composed. This is what separates you from the rest of the fragrance reviewers and your channel is the reason why I started getting into fragrance in the first place, a fellow Brit with true British wit and a clear passion for this industry.
Really glad to see you reviewing Sillage because it is an incredible alternative and I say alternative because I feel like Armaf, at least with Club De Nuit, are no longer clones, but alternatives, to the Creed Juggernaut that has dominated the men's fragrance game for the longest time.
I do not have a concern with what could happen to Creed, its a brand, and brands rise and fall all the time. Fashion, especially fragrance is an extension of yourself, how it makes you feel, how you enjoy it, not about funding a brands marketing campaigns to justify, what to some, is 4 days of wages working full time.
I have sampled, reviewed and bought, what I would call the Fantastic 4; Club De Nuit Intense Man EDP, Milestone, Intense Woman and most recently Sillage (because balls to Urban) and the way they make me feel, the way it resonates and the joy I get from smelling like £1000 worth of luxury fragrances for £125 and the notes I pick up, it's just joyous. Creed will have their fans and they have deserved their international acclaim, but let's be honest, they cannot expect to survive in this day and age when a clone can stand toe to toe or even win against their creation that for decades have sold for £100-£250 a bottle. The day that Armaf release Royal Oud, Original Santal, and Green Irish Tweed, if they can replicate it as well as they have with Sillage and Milestone, I think that is the day that Creed will die off.
Armaf knows what they are doing and they know how to create a fantastic composition and they have proven their worth by being a competitive rival to Aventus, Millesime Imperial, Silver Mountain Water, and Noir de Noir by Tom Ford.
I think the day is coming when Armaf will take the Creed and Tom Ford range and turn it on its head as they consume the market, replicating icons down to a Tee where not even a honed nose can differentiate between the original, but that is where I get concerned... that's what bothers me. I do not want to see these brands go but nor do I really want everyone to smell like it either because there's a pleasure in standing out amongst the crowd which was usually where these Luxury/Niche fragrances reigned supreme so having something so similar so accessible is going to make these fragrances, or at least the prestige of them, completely redundant.
Confusing times indeed...
This is so for the best best best fragrance video I have come acrossed all these years and it is a LEGENDARY VIDEO out of all fragrance channels 🔥🔥🔥🔥
‘Shite absolute shite’ 🤣
They deserve their downfall. They water down their overpriced fragrances and they have no longevity. Wildly inconsistent batches to cheat customers. Good riddance
The thing I really like about your reviews, is you put in so much detail and explain the backstory so well, I genuinely believe you when you speak on a fragrance :D
Cant wait for part 5 Creed Strikes Back.
I think its less that clones have gotten better, more than creed has been shit since they got bought out, and even before that have been overcharging for cheap ingredients. I just smelt the reformulated Bois de Portugal and it honestly smells like CDNIM.
The second thing that really bothers me is that creed's prestige is all bullshit they made up since their founded 1760 or whatever claim is just the tailor shop setup by his great great great grandfather and didnt sell fragrances.
Also, ive tried parfums vintage emperor maximum extrait and while I havent smelt the pineapple aventus batch, thisis what I imagine it to be. It's amazing and id choose it over aventus any day.
How would you rate the closeness of milestone and silliage to their perspective clones in comparison to CDNIM? I cant test them in Australia and want to know before i pull the trigger. Ive seen your review and I dont think CDNIM is very similar to aventus.