With Masculin Pluriel, I find it perfectly simplistic. I’ve found that once a fragrance reaches perfection, there is no need to add more notes to try and make it something it’s not meant to be. Furthermore, I’ve come to realize that just because a fragrance is more complex doesn’t necessarily make it better. The quality is obvious and purpose it set out to achieve is unmatched.
I need that Tom Ford it would be the number one, was a little surprised in a good way to say Viking at the number two spot. And I definitely got a step up my barber shop game, a lot of these I’ve never even heard of!
Yeah those two are so solid, I would feel comfortable wearing them in basically any situation. Yeah man you need to check out Sartorial and Jet Set from beach Geeza.
Well done! I enjoyed this countdown my man. I def need to grab a couple of these soon. I think the fougere is the ideal masculine year round signature scent for me. Office friendly, not off putting, and super versatile. Lavender also happens to be one of my favorite notes.
You are one of the few people I've seen mention a Beach Geeza fragrance. I have Coco Moon, and man is that stuff good! Super, super strong, probably the strongest fragrance I have. I've smelled it on me 48 hours after application with a shower in between. I need to try his other fragrances like Jet Set
I hope to eventually own all of the fragrances from them, I agree though Coco Moon is one of the best! Yes if you like aromatic fougeres that lean soapy, you need to try jet set.
Very true about Russian Leather. Still in my top 3 from Memo. And BdJ of course a true winner. Have a decant of the original from the private line bottle that I've been hoarding like gold. 😄 Such a good frag.
Beau de Jour! Sartorial! Bracken Man! Viking! Love your review and immediately subscribed! Let me start with Bracken Man. Very similar to The Granddaddy of Them All - Houbigant Fougere Royale (2010), which I personally include in my top 10. Very earthy deep green. So earthy in fact it's as if they took the fern's roots with soil and mud still clinging, along with the deep verdant Green of the fern frond itself. Absolutely fantastic. More earthy than the Houbigant remake but similar. I don't really consider either one of these very "barbershopy" though. Not like most in my Fougere collection, which seems to suggest that the Fougere evolved some since its 1882 classic founding. I think your reference to "the soapy, clean direction" identifies the "barbershop" sub-classification of fougeres. Funny thing with Bracken Man: it could be named "Jimmy Hoffa's Resting Place" because it smells like a marsh or swamp - traditional dumping ground for mob hits. Lol. Viking. I don't consider Viking a full-on fougere. More of a Spicy Oriental with lavender. It does have some Fougere elements, like the lavender for instance. But overall the note structure seems more Spicy Oriental. Which incidentally is what classic Old Spice is (world'sfirst for men). But I don't think Viking is as close to Old Spice as many do. Its overall vibe is closer to a bay rum (without the rum) to me. An easygoing, sweet-spicy (and very mentholated in Viking's case), everyday wear kind of sent. I think Bois du Portugal would qualify as more of a Fougere than Viking. With more prominent woods, elevating the scent to greater elegance. As I tell people, Bois du Portugal may be "an old man in a barbers chair" and dated, but that old man is Frank Sinatra, and when he leaves the barbershop he'll be meeting Sophia Loren at a 5 star restaurant. In fact, I do have BdP's near-clone, Lalique Pour Homme lion, in my barbershop Fougere collection. Sartorial. My #2 "barbershop" Fougere in my barbershop Fougere collection. Interestingly created to replicate the olfactory charm of a specific London tailor shop, it does double duty as a near-perfect barbershop scent. Aldehydes, beeswax, honey to replicate steam from the shop's steam press. Steam is clean. Beau de Jour. My #1 barbershop Fougere in my collection also. #5 overall. But it is different from most of the others. A Fougere like Rive Gauche Pour Homme can almost be characterized as smelling like actual products your barber would spray/dab on the back of your neck. BdJ seems like an abstraction of that. Very concentrated, kind of "perfumy", it's like a minty lavender shaving foam explodes on your face, with beautiful aromatic contributions. A truly unique and beautiful take on the barbershop Fougere. Other frags near the top of my barbershop Fougere collection: - Tom Ford Fougere D'Argent - MDCI Invasion Barbare - YSL Rive Gauche Pour Homme - MMM Replica Series At the Barbers - Davidoff Zino - Drakkar Noir - Azzaro Pour Homme And again, at the top of my non barbershop Fougeres, Fougere Royale and Bracken Man.
Beach geeza jet set! Awesome fragrance! I recently acquired a vintage EAU SAUVAGE PARFUM vintage from the 2012 to 2015 before reformulated in 2017" for a reasonable price ( thankfully after so many year's searching lol ) and honestly have to say there is no comparison! Some reviews said after awhile the 2017 batch dried down to what the 2012 smelled like and there totally wrong! Lol. Straight from the beginning of the 2012 batch it's a darker citrus on top and the dry down is this heavenly creamy myrrh with a touch of sweetness absolutely beautiful. The 2017 from the beginning a bright citrus and remains pretty bright throughout the fragrance life in the deep dry down you'll get some sweetness. If you really love eau Sauvage Parfum you need to hunt down 2012 to at least 2015 batches
@@northwestscent9455 definitely worth the buy! Like I mentioned that 2017 batches don't hold a candle on the 2012 to 2016 formulation " everyone trying to buy my bottle and offering me all sorts of Roja parfums fragrances for it. Lol. Eau Sauvage Parfum early formulation is a true masterpiece in my opinion for sure
best Hybrid fougere for me is beach Hut. the house clasifies it as fougere even though it embraces many elements other than fugere's. Bracken is also intresting but too earthy
@@northwestscent9455 Interestingly, if there is a "closest" to Beau de Jour in scent profile, it would be Davidoff Zino. Although still quite different and the Tom Ford being if higher quality. But Zino is a great classic.
I have tried the first one you mentioned, it was pretty solid from what I remember but at the time he didn’t strike me a something I needed a bottle of. I will have to try it again!
@@northwestscent9455 Invasion Barbare got a 5 star rating from Luca Turin, not that that means anything. Get the bottle version with the Ceasar bust cap. It's only $385.
With Masculin Pluriel, I find it perfectly simplistic. I’ve found that once a fragrance reaches perfection, there is no need to add more notes to try and make it something it’s not meant to be. Furthermore, I’ve come to realize that just because a fragrance is more complex doesn’t necessarily make it better. The quality is obvious and purpose it set out to achieve is unmatched.
Exactly! You don’t always need to do more than is needed.
I need that Tom Ford it would be the number one, was a little surprised in a good way to say Viking at the number two spot. And I definitely got a step up my barber shop game, a lot of these I’ve never even heard of!
Yeah those two are so solid, I would feel comfortable wearing them in basically any situation. Yeah man you need to check out Sartorial and Jet Set from beach Geeza.
This channel has been dropping some noteworthy consistent content lately and I'm here for it Great vid!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Well done! I enjoyed this countdown my man. I def need to grab a couple of these soon. I think the fougere is the ideal masculine year round signature scent for me. Office friendly, not off putting, and super versatile. Lavender also happens to be one of my favorite notes.
Thank you! Yes for the most part fougeres are super versatile, classy, and appealing, which is why I like them so much.
Tom Ford Beau de Jour was my gateway into niche.Excellent choices.
It’s really that good, I’m glad you enjoy it. Thank you for watching!
Was waiting for part 2. 🙈
I’m glad you were looking forward to it! I hope you found out about some new fragrances in this one 😀
Great video. , aroma from heaven.
Thank you!
Nice list Corbin. Love that Bracken Man. I miss the spring in all this heat!
Thank you! Yeah the heat has been a little bit much.
Really enjoying your channel. Thank you 👊🏻
Well I see we have quite similar taste in frags brother! Great stinking list!!
Yeah the smelly juice in this video I find most appealing 😆 good to know you’re into fougeres as well.
Channel is growing! You’re putting in work with all these uploads 💪🏼
Thank you!💯
You are one of the few people I've seen mention a Beach Geeza fragrance. I have Coco Moon, and man is that stuff good! Super, super strong, probably the strongest fragrance I have. I've smelled it on me 48 hours after application with a shower in between. I need to try his other fragrances like Jet Set
I hope to eventually own all of the fragrances from them, I agree though Coco Moon is one of the best! Yes if you like aromatic fougeres that lean soapy, you need to try jet set.
That was a tremendous list! Keep up the great work 👍
Thank you Randy!
Excellent review, I have to look up many of these......bring back your best friend, he was cool to have on ! how about, like recent releases ?
I’ll definitely have Josh back!
Very true about Russian Leather. Still in my top 3 from Memo. And BdJ of course a true winner. Have a decant of the original from the private line bottle that I've been hoarding like gold. 😄 Such a good frag.
Yeah Russian leather is so slept on, the sillage on it is crazy good. Thank you for watching!
Beau de Jour! Sartorial! Bracken Man! Viking!
Love your review and immediately subscribed! Let me start with Bracken Man. Very similar to The Granddaddy of Them All - Houbigant Fougere Royale (2010), which I personally include in my top 10. Very earthy deep green. So earthy in fact it's as if they took the fern's roots with soil and mud still clinging, along with the deep verdant Green of the fern frond itself. Absolutely fantastic. More earthy than the Houbigant remake but similar. I don't really consider either one of these very "barbershopy" though. Not like most in my Fougere collection, which seems to suggest that the Fougere evolved some since its 1882 classic founding. I think your reference to "the soapy, clean direction" identifies the "barbershop" sub-classification of fougeres. Funny thing with Bracken Man: it could be named "Jimmy Hoffa's Resting Place" because it smells like a marsh or swamp - traditional dumping ground for mob hits. Lol.
Viking. I don't consider Viking a full-on fougere. More of a Spicy Oriental with lavender. It does have some Fougere elements, like the lavender for instance. But overall the note structure seems more Spicy Oriental. Which incidentally is what classic Old Spice is (world'sfirst for men). But I don't think Viking is as close to Old Spice as many do. Its overall vibe is closer to a bay rum (without the rum) to me. An easygoing, sweet-spicy (and very mentholated in Viking's case), everyday wear kind of sent. I think Bois du Portugal would qualify as more of a Fougere than Viking. With more prominent woods, elevating the scent to greater elegance. As I tell people, Bois du Portugal may be "an old man in a barbers chair" and dated, but that old man is Frank Sinatra, and when he leaves the barbershop he'll be meeting Sophia Loren at a 5 star restaurant. In fact, I do have BdP's near-clone, Lalique Pour Homme lion, in my barbershop Fougere collection.
Sartorial. My #2 "barbershop" Fougere in my barbershop Fougere collection. Interestingly created to replicate the olfactory charm of a specific London tailor shop, it does double duty as a near-perfect barbershop scent. Aldehydes, beeswax, honey to replicate steam from the shop's steam press. Steam is clean.
Beau de Jour. My #1 barbershop Fougere in my collection also. #5 overall. But it is different from most of the others. A Fougere like Rive Gauche Pour Homme can almost be characterized as smelling like actual products your barber would spray/dab on the back of your neck. BdJ seems like an abstraction of that. Very concentrated, kind of "perfumy", it's like a minty lavender shaving foam explodes on your face, with beautiful aromatic contributions. A truly unique and beautiful take on the barbershop Fougere.
Other frags near the top of my barbershop Fougere collection:
- Tom Ford Fougere D'Argent
- MDCI Invasion Barbare
- YSL Rive Gauche Pour Homme
- MMM Replica Series At the Barbers
- Davidoff Zino
- Drakkar Noir
- Azzaro Pour Homme
And again, at the top of my non barbershop Fougeres, Fougere Royale and Bracken Man.
Shirt is awesome.
Thank you Mark!
Okay Corbin you guys convinced me to buy Amouage Overture Man! Its on its way! Hope i love it! I paid 340 bucks for it at Norstrom!
I hope you end up liking it! It is quite bold but a true statement maker, and very unique.
Very Nice Corbin! I have Viking and i really like it! Good Stuff! You should try Noir De Noir By Tom Ford if you do not already have it!
Thank you Terry! I used to own NDN by Tom Ford, I honestly wasn’t a huge fan. That was over a year ago, so I could try revisiting it.
@@northwestscent9455 What was it you didn't like if you do not mind me asking!
Although not typical fougeres, I like Creed’s Bois du Portugal and ADP Club Colonia
Beach geeza jet set! Awesome fragrance!
I recently acquired a vintage EAU SAUVAGE PARFUM vintage from the 2012 to 2015 before reformulated in 2017" for a reasonable price ( thankfully after so many year's searching lol ) and honestly have to say there is no comparison! Some reviews said after awhile the 2017 batch dried down to what the 2012 smelled like and there totally wrong! Lol. Straight from the beginning of the 2012 batch it's a darker citrus on top and the dry down is this heavenly creamy myrrh with a touch of sweetness absolutely beautiful. The 2017 from the beginning a bright citrus and remains pretty bright throughout the fragrance life in the deep dry down you'll get some sweetness. If you really love eau Sauvage Parfum you need to hunt down 2012 to at least 2015 batches
I literally just got the 2012 formulation in today and it’s my scent of the day, great stuff! I just posted about it on my Instagram page.
@@northwestscent9455 definitely worth the buy! Like I mentioned that 2017 batches don't hold a candle on the 2012 to 2016 formulation " everyone trying to buy my bottle and offering me all sorts of Roja parfums fragrances for it. Lol. Eau Sauvage Parfum early formulation is a true masterpiece in my opinion for sure
best Hybrid fougere for me is beach Hut. the house clasifies it as fougere even though it embraces many elements other than fugere's. Bracken is also intresting but too earthy
most excellent review....love the reviews...now, my NUMERO UNO reviewer ...excelencia!
Wow that means a lot thank you!
Let's go!
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My favorite is Invasion Barbare
That’s a good one, I need to try it again.
Zino by Davidoff is lovely too
This one blew my mind. I recently picked it up. Can't believe it's so cheaply priced!
I still need to try that one! It’s been in my basket to buy a couple of times but I never followed through.
@@northwestscent9455 Interestingly, if there is a "closest" to Beau de Jour in scent profile, it would be Davidoff Zino. Although still quite different and the Tom Ford being if higher quality. But Zino is a great classic.
Have you tried anything from Rouge Parfumerie?
I have not!
Would you say Polo Green is an "aromatic fougere"?
No rogue perfumery? I'm shocked!
I haven’t tried anything from them!
You fan. 😘
Thank you!
Try MDCI Invasion Barbare and Barbar the Tangier
I have tried the first one you mentioned, it was pretty solid from what I remember but at the time he didn’t strike me a something I needed a bottle of. I will have to try it again!
@@northwestscent9455 Invasion Barbare got a 5 star rating from Luca Turin, not that that means anything. Get the bottle version with the Ceasar bust cap. It's only $385.
Had samples of both. Both too sweet and smooth for me. But, IMO, Sartorial is better.
Do you think this category is most appealing? Or there is other
I think aromatic fougeres are appealing, but there are definitely other categories of fragrance that or more mass appealing.