Tbh I don't like Layton, it's sweet and cloying and kinda smells like a more chemical Eros to me. Very teenager. The people I asked either hated it or thought it smelled fine, but it didn't blow anyone's mind. For the price you can buy 3 designer fragrances, so I'd rather buy some Dior and Chanel instead. Percival, Herod, Haltane and Oajan are all amazing though, but also overpriced.
Tobacco Vanille is not $400 for a 50ml if you know where to look. Buying retail is a scam and you’re shooting yourself in the foot doing so. Fragrance groups and discounters are the best option. As someone who’s only bought from groups since 2016 I’ve saved a lot of money especially being able to buy decants of a fragrance before committing to a bottle.
Lesson I learned - try colognes in shop ON SKIN!, preferable multiple times. If you love it - buy. There were couple of times when the scent smelled good on paper or in air, but turned bad on skin.
Ive done it enough and got burned enough to not make the mistake anymore. Some im glad i did (ultra male, spice bomb extreme), but for the most part they were bad buys. Just spend the $10 and get a sample vial 😊
There is an interesting thing that one of the sales ladies at a local perfumery told me. During the pandemic, there was a huge retrieve of perfumes cuz of some fixator and from that moment almost the totality of the designer fragrances give us much lower performance compared with the batches before the pandemic. Sauvage Elexir is overhyped for sure - I prefer the perfume version and for me it smells much better and I get an actually complements. So, that said, from now on I buy only beast mode or nuclear performance liquids for the quality. Spending some extra cash makes the difference.
Thanks for your honesty, particularly on La Male Elixir. That fragrance was being hyped for views. It smells like a thick, dense, overly sweet $50 Paco Rabanne fragrance.
I don't use tik tok so I did me know Le male was being hyped up like that. But I seen it at Macy's and brought it. To strong for me ahd nothing special imo. I guess it was an impulse buy.
Scent is completely subjective for everyone but Le Male Elixir is an absolute banger. Everyone I know loves it and I get compliments every time I wear it from both men and women.
I had the same experience with JPG Le Male Elixir and I love the JPG brand. Stuff was just wayyy too sweet for me while also not really having any depth. Ended up selling it after 2 wears.
You know what, the Stronger with you battle is just personal taste, because as much as I like both, Absolutely is my go to and I wouldn't change it. Maybe Intensley is better in fall and cold spring but what the first one does in winter for me is just amazing (and for ladies, cuz this pulls compliments like crazy, second to Valentino BiR Uomo intense, Idk why it works, it works)
Just because someone likes a perfume doesn't mean its gonna work for you, i once blind bought Dylan blue, Sauvage both had given me headaches. Dylan blue later i used as room spray lol
I know the feeling man! I once owned 130 frags, but during the last few years I’ve gotten rid of over 50 of those. The biggest regrets that come to mind: -Rabanne 1 Million (still… the most disgusting frag 😂) -Versace Eros edp. -JPG Ultra Male -Armani Stronger With You But to be true: age and experience have brought many frags, that I hated younger, truly to be loved: Like: -Chanel Egoiste and Antaeus. -Acqua di Parma Colonia -line -YSL M7 -Terre de Hermes The path always goes in new directions 👏😄 Thanks for the video man!
I blind bought Sauvage Elixir and it is the number 1 fragrance in my mini collection so far. I love the scent and have gotten a few compliments so far. I love the masculine, strong scent a ton. Still, great video though. I wanted to see your perspective
a few rules to make sure yall have less mistakes: -Try going to a few local fragrance shops/collections to start up your style & taste -Always check fragrantica before buying something -Make sure to ask others about the smell of it and check what notes it has
To be fair....this guy is a kid. He doesn't like Sauvage Elixer. Doesn't dig DHI. He's in his little boy era of fragrances. He wears Sauvage to the gym for christ sake. Dudes an NPC.
@@mr.fettesq.7705Not sure why you need to be so mean. I am almost 37 years old and I agree with him on SWY Intensly. Actually your logic is more child-like, labelling someone as a “kiddo” just because he has different taste in perfumes.
I am 33, own 4 creeds, 2 tom fords, like 40 fragrances or so, AND SO even when im older I TOTALLY HATE DHI, THEY SMELL FUCKING DISGUSTING 🤢🤢OVERHYPED PIECES OF SHIT🤢@@mr.fettesq.7705
Eros for Men Versace EDT I bought it after visiting a family member who had it on his shelf and thought it smelled amazing. I hadn't worn cologne in years. I tried it again, a year and several new scents later and now it smells like a gym locker room to me. Like the dudes who spray half a can of tag or axe after weight lifting.
Who are you? How come I've never heard of your channel? Loved the way you review fragrances! So succinct & straight to the point with your descriptions! VERY INFORMATIVE! Way to go
I think I regret Le Male Elixir too. Felt amazing when I tried it on, didn’t realize it too strong for everyday office use and it is too similar to 1 Million which I dislike. I live in a place where autumn and winter are not too cold and are fairly short, and the fragrance it is too overwhelming for hot weather. I bought the big bottle too. RIP $$$, not sure how much I will use it.
i don't regret anything i personally bought in terms of smell, everything i bought has smelled great and i've loved each fragrance, but i do regret getting eau de toilette instead of eau de parfum, just because i realize now that like 90% of people literally cannot even smell what i put on unless i've applied it super recently or if they are in touching distance to me
I don’t have tik tok and never bought a fragrance based off hype or fomo or whatever u wanna call it. However I do regret buying givenchy gentlemen boisee, spice bomb extreme, bentley men intense. They just weren’t for me at all and they aren’t necessarily bad, just not for me.
Fragrances I regret buying: Profumo, Oud Malaki, Sauvage EDP, Sauvage Parfum, Prada L'homme, Tonka Cola, Cedrat Boise, and Starlight. I WOULD have regretted Stronger With You Absolutely; however, I traded it for Enigma Parfum Pour Homme so probably one of my best buys.
Le Male Elixir was my first JPG fragrance. I bought it a few months after launch and did so because of the hype, it was my first regret although I'm quite used to blindbuying. A few weeks later I tested other flankers and really enjoyed them, namely Le Male Le Parfum and Le Beau Le Parfum. Sauvage Elixir, on the other hand, was the only Sauvage I was missing. Sadly it was nothing like the ones I had. Absolutely hated it. Since both blindbuys I've spent a considerable amount of time, effort and money researching Fragrantica and other content before even buying a decant. I guess both fragrances were a good lesson. Thank god they were designer.
Le Male Elixir is sort of a shot in the dark. It can definitely be too sweet in the opening, but the drydown is pretty nice and it works well with my skin chemistry. I can totally see why someone would dislike it, though.
The one I regret buying is Versace Eros edt. First ever cologne, and I prefer edp but my parents got me edt (Still thankful). I regret it do to the fact I accidentally left it in the sun for 5 months without knowing that’s bad. So i don’t technically regret buying it
I bought Sauvage Elixir and I think that because I live in Canada where winter lasts forever and is 3x colder I’m able to get away with it more as the intensity and projection is negated by the intensity of the weather. Still wouldn’t go more than 2 sprays tho even in winter
@@eejaaspk cold vs warm. Fragrance on me is like blooming when sun is high and is hot and my body is overheating. In the morning (around 5) its almost like "muffled".
My biggest fragrance regrets: Parfums de Marly Carlisle Montale Oudmazing Amouage Enclave (These just don't work on my skin) Spicebomb Infrared EDP Armani Acqua di Gio EDP (Abysmal performance on my skin)
I went to a store looking for which dior sauvage model I should get and when I let my mom test out the elixir model, she said it’s something that my grandpa would wear because it smells like a fragrance for more mature men
I blind bought polo green awhile back at a cologne store and it’s probably the worst purchase I have ever made. I have trouble sleeping every night knowing I bought polo green
what you said is true, sometimes we are fooled by advertisements and make blind buys and currently there are too many perfumes with sweet aromas but in my opinion the fragrance will taste good when it's half or a third left.
I love the Jean Paul you mentioned guys remember at the end of the day it’s all opinion. I get compliments all the time with the elixir. I’ve had girls not let go trying to smell me IM NOT BULLSHITING
i regret buying mancera red tobacco. i really like the smell of the fragrance but pretty much everybody im around cant stand it because of how strong it is.
What you said about Tom Ford TV is me with Nishane Suede et Safran. 230 euro for a 50ml. I'm not coping when I say it smells better than Ombré leather but still damn that price is insane. I feel like not wearing it because its a waste, but not wearing it is a waste too.
The same thing happened to me with Asad. I thought if it comes close to Sauvage Elixir, it must be good. I didn't know either of them. It makes me feel sick, and I gave it to my father
I almost blind bought spice bomb extreme. So glad I tested it at the mall, that scent is not for me. I know a lot of people love it but I just couldn’t see myself wearing it.
Luckily I didn't spend much on my biggest regret, but it's Lattafa Khaltaat Al Arabia Royal Blends. It's very sweet and fruity, which I don't like. I've worn it twice and never again. I do have Maison Alhambra's Tobacco Touch, and it's very good, I'd recommend checking it out for a great Tobacco Vanille dupe.
My biggest regrets was buying light blue edt instead of intense and my Dunhill icon racing blind buy(I like icon racing but I don’t have the situation to use it )
The experience i had with swy absolutely was that i smelled eatable and masculine at the same time. But with swy intensely , sone told me that they had some kind of headache because of the spiciness. Overall i had more complements from swy absolutely than swy intensely.
eau des baux by loccitane is way better than tabacco vanille and a third of the price. it still performs really well as a edt too, one of the most slept on underrated fragrances fr
I regret Creed Aventus and Aventus Green Irish Tweed. Aventus smells like a rich old man not youthful at all and GIT smells very green and dark. Not that either are bad scents but I’ve never got a compliment wearing either and I don’t care for them. I get zero pineapple out of the Aventus but my bottle is only 2 years old. I agree intensely is better than absolutely I own the original as well.
I regret buying tom ford noir extreme. I enjoyed it at first sniff but it quickly started to smell bland and uninteresting in comparison to the rest of my collection
Haha i actually thought the opposite, i didn't like it at first but as my nose developed it has gotten so good. I'm curious, what are fragrances that u have that u like the most?
Regrets: Bentley Intense, Prada Black, The One EDP, Prada L'homme, Armani Code Perfumo, ADG Parfumo and most of all: Spicebomb Extreme (which was SUPER weak).
John paul elixer smells very similar to perry ellis 360 black. Mostly because of they share similar dry down notes in amber as well as tobacco. Because of this elixir was spoiled for me, luckily i only purchased a travel sample of it.
Tom Ford's decline in the frag community is saddening. They used to be a titan of originality and quality. Now, they have some of the worst price to performance in the industry in their private line. I have some signature line fragrances from them but I wont be replacing. The private line frags are good to spray on at the airport duty free as there are some unique scents that are too weak to bother anyone at the plane and will have completely faded when you reach your destination.
when it comes to fragrances I have but don't wear: number one is Encre Noir by Lalique. I appreciate this scent, however, not only do I kinda know this scent from somewhere, this scent is so groomy and murderously serious, that I can't imagine myself smelling like that.
Turning 26, Sauvage Elixir came out a little bit way tooo sweet for me, even though Dior Homme Intense is pleasant, maybe due to how the perfumer worked the ingredients, feels BDC like in terms of natural, will smells good a hundred years from now
biggest regret buy for me was a classic fragrance from the house of Krizia "Spazio Krizia. Uomo" This scent was so unique and masculine I took one smell of it and bought it immediately the 1st time in 1996. Bought it again in NYC in 2003 and vehemently regretted. The dry down was non existent. I could get maybe 3- 5 hours out of it before having to reapply it. Terrible buy!!!
Unpopular take but initially enjoyed MFK Gentle Fluidity Silver but after a while started to dislike it. It's a good thing I only have a sample of it and didn't buy a full bottle 😅
Im Sorry but every fragrance you mentioned was a banger. You're analysis on these fragrances that are mass appealing and very good. 😂😂😂 Can't believe what im hearing. I do agree Intensely is better than Absolutely and i do agree Initio is just ok though
I agree, when he bagged on Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille and Le Male Elixir I just had to laugh. Sounds like he shouldn't be in this game if he is so concerned about spending the money 😂
Bro im the same about tom ford. It’s really bad too because i have a 50ml of tobacco oud that was similar price, and it’s discontinued. I wear it maybe once a week in the winter. It's the third bottle I've ever owned of it and honestly probably the last, I feel like the likelyhood of getting a fake is high at this point. If anyone knows any good tobacco oud dupes lmk, my favorite fragrance of all time idk why it was discontinued.
bro just because jean paul gualtier le male elixir gives YOU a headache doesnt mean its the same for everybody i bough jpg le male elixir and its one of my favorite colones dare i say its the best one
I blind bought Hindu Kush from Mancera. First of all, it had the atomizer problem where it sticks and you have to manually pull it up after each spray (which is relatively common with Mancera from ehat I understand). It was also just too heavy on the patchouli, for me.
Purchase samples first, buying full bottles and then not using them is just a waste of money, not rocket science just common sense really, that amount of money is crazy.
Anything from Tom Ford Private Blend is overpriced and underperforming. The Maison Alhambra rip offs are way better value, literally one tenth of the price.
Ain’t gonna lie man, I blind bought Sauvage Elixir. I won’t say I regret it, BUT it is definitely too potent. Especially in the spring and summer time. This is definitely a fragrance that is not easy to wear. It’s best suited for the fall and winter and maybe a cool spring. But only during the night. For me, I don’t mind mature scents as they are more of my taste. You’ll definitely have to let this one grow on you in time. As this one is NOT gonna be for everyone, especially right off the bat. You put the original edt or edp up against the elixir. It can make you cringe at first because the first two (and the Parfum) are very versatile while elixir is not. So I will agree that this is definitely not a blind buy. But I wouldn’t blind buy any fragrance in general. That’s why now, I just sample a few and make a decision later
I don’t have by Killian angel share. I have lattafa Khamrah! Give that one a shot if you want something similar! It’s a fraction of the price of angel share! I love it!:)
Biggest regret would probs be buying the original spice bomb, it’s a cool fragrance on paper being a strong dose of peppers and spices but in reality it’s extremely hard for a person to pull off due to it being such a strong and harsh fragrance, i smelled it on a guy yesterday while waiting in line to be served at a bank, it was borderline unbearable id have to give it a 1.5/10 your better of wearing nothing than it
I have like 10 fragrances I wear out of 70 bottles i own......sometimes I do reach for a different frag depending on my mood. Overall I need to sell like 75% of my collection because I literally can't decide what to wear
Re-selling lightly used fragrances is much more lucrative than I ever could have imagined. I rarely lose more than a few dollars and occasionally profit. Sell them.
@@Corbinwggns Ebay, I'll add up what would be retail or full price at a discounter and subtract 20% then list. If you're buying at REAL retail, you'll never recoup your money.
being influenced by tiktok sounds pretty regrettable, in it self.
@@qnunyuh8417 TikTok? Not at all. Not for me. I’ve never used tik tok nor will I ever install tik tok on my phone
the best gems are the ones no one or a small community knows about
it could be worse, you could be into knives instead of (or as well as) colognes. I have $7,000 worth of folding knives and i use none of them lmao
Why don’t you sell them then
sell them!
yap yap show me a band
Funny enough I have gotten more compliments on my knives than my frags. My most complimented one is the arcform slimfoot. What's yours?
Knives, fragrances, and watches is where I'm at.
I've definitely got compensatory issues 🤣
The only time I wear Tom Ford fragrances is passing through airports.
I like it better when it’s free.
Just take atomizer and get yourself 5/7 ml dose each time. I do it all the time with the most expensive fragrances...
nautica voyage not catching any strays today 🔥
New record 🤣
Are you saying it's bad or good bro
@@lVlage it smells ok for a £10 fragrance, you pay for what you get lmao
@@Georrge._.06 ima try it out I guess
Bro put the PDM Layton in the thumbnail, and i totally fell for the anger bait. 😂
Performance is trash nowadays so it’s not worth the price anymore unless you get a pre formulation vatch
@@edsoncortes7396 performance is around 8 hours on me. In my collection only MFK beats it in projection and performance
@@edsoncortes7396 excuisf bleu is the layton clone it smells 99% the same and last longer.
Tbh I don't like Layton, it's sweet and cloying and kinda smells like a more chemical Eros to me. Very teenager. The people I asked either hated it or thought it smelled fine, but it didn't blow anyone's mind. For the price you can buy 3 designer fragrances, so I'd rather buy some Dior and Chanel instead.
Percival, Herod, Haltane and Oajan are all amazing though, but also overpriced.
I haven't tried Layton yet. I've only tried Layton Exclusif and I thought it was phenomenal. Got quite a few compliments with it too. :)
Tobacco Vanille is not $400 for a 50ml if you know where to look. Buying retail is a scam and you’re shooting yourself in the foot doing so. Fragrance groups and discounters are the best option. As someone who’s only bought from groups since 2016 I’ve saved a lot of money especially being able to buy decants of a fragrance before committing to a bottle.
Any links for people living in europe?
Where do you buy yours?
Lesson I learned - try colognes in shop ON SKIN!, preferable multiple times. If you love it - buy. There were couple of times when the scent smelled good on paper or in air, but turned bad on skin.
Sauvage Elixir was a scrubber for me, but I tried it again and it is my most complimented scent above all. The dry down is where it shines.
I didn’t like the first few times I smelled it but now it’s my favorite one
Sauvage elixir is one of my best compliment getter. It’s just perfect for a date night and it’s a ten for me.
Elixir is a Beast
@@TheMartialspirit its not.
Elixir is the worst fragrence I ever bought
I never blind buy fragrances Always go to Macy’s or whatever try on what I want to get and see how it goes during the day. That solves the problem
Im saying the majority of fragrances he is buying are retail fragrance 😭😭😭
Ive done it enough and got burned enough to not make the mistake anymore. Some im glad i did (ultra male, spice bomb extreme), but for the most part they were bad buys. Just spend the $10 and get a sample vial 😊
@@jb5398no he doesnt😂
There is an interesting thing that one of the sales ladies at a local perfumery told me. During the pandemic, there was a huge retrieve of perfumes cuz of some fixator and from that moment almost the totality of the designer fragrances give us much lower performance compared with the batches before the pandemic. Sauvage Elexir is overhyped for sure - I prefer the perfume version and for me it smells much better and I get an actually complements. So, that said, from now on I buy only beast mode or nuclear performance liquids for the quality. Spending some extra cash makes the difference.
Don't worry...when u grow up you'll understand
Thanks for your honesty, particularly on La Male Elixir. That fragrance was being hyped for views. It smells like a thick, dense, overly sweet $50 Paco Rabanne fragrance.
Agreed. Regretted my full bottle purchase too
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I don't use tik tok so I did me know Le male was being hyped up like that. But I seen it at Macy's and brought it.
To strong for me ahd nothing special imo. I guess it was an impulse buy.
Scent is completely subjective for everyone but Le Male Elixir is an absolute banger. Everyone I know loves it and I get compliments every time I wear it from both men and women.
I actually like Le Male Elixir quite a bit. Though I think Ultra Male is just as good if not slightly better in my opinion.
Sauvage Elixir is not really a regret imo I LOVE it
my biggest regret was blind buying a 200ml bottle of Joop Homme EDT based on a recommendation... i ended up throwing it in the trash
I had the same experience with JPG Le Male Elixir and I love the JPG brand. Stuff was just wayyy too sweet for me while also not really having any depth. Ended up selling it after 2 wears.
You know what, the Stronger with you battle is just personal taste, because as much as I like both, Absolutely is my go to and I wouldn't change it. Maybe Intensley is better in fall and cold spring but what the first one does in winter for me is just amazing (and for ladies, cuz this pulls compliments like crazy, second to Valentino BiR Uomo intense, Idk why it works, it works)
JPG Elixr is amazing sorry dude in my top 5 out of over 50 fragrances
Just because someone likes a perfume doesn't mean its gonna work for you, i once blind bought Dylan blue, Sauvage both had given me headaches. Dylan blue later i used as room spray lol
I know the feeling man! I once owned 130 frags, but during the last few years I’ve gotten rid of over 50 of those.
The biggest regrets that come to mind:
-Rabanne 1 Million (still… the most disgusting frag 😂)
-Versace Eros edp.
-JPG Ultra Male
-Armani Stronger With You
But to be true: age and experience have brought many frags, that I hated younger, truly to be loved:
Like:
-Chanel Egoiste and Antaeus.
-Acqua di Parma Colonia -line
-YSL M7
-Terre de Hermes
The path always goes in new directions 👏😄
Thanks for the video man!
I blind bought Sauvage Elixir and it is the number 1 fragrance in my mini collection so far. I love the scent and have gotten a few compliments so far. I love the masculine, strong scent a ton. Still, great video though. I wanted to see your perspective
a few rules to make sure yall have less mistakes:
-Try going to a few local fragrance shops/collections to start up your style & taste
-Always check fragrantica before buying something
-Make sure to ask others about the smell of it and check what notes it has
Your honesty could be a lifesaver!
Swy absolutely is the best are you crazy 😮
factsssssss
To be fair....this guy is a kid. He doesn't like Sauvage Elixer. Doesn't dig DHI. He's in his little boy era of fragrances. He wears Sauvage to the gym for christ sake. Dudes an NPC.
@@mr.fettesq.7705Not sure why you need to be so mean. I am almost 37 years old and I agree with him on SWY Intensly. Actually your logic is more child-like, labelling someone as a “kiddo” just because he has different taste in perfumes.
I am 33, own 4 creeds, 2 tom fords, like 40 fragrances or so, AND SO even when im older I TOTALLY HATE DHI, THEY SMELL FUCKING DISGUSTING 🤢🤢OVERHYPED PIECES OF SHIT🤢@@mr.fettesq.7705
Eros for Men Versace EDT
I bought it after visiting a family member who had it on his shelf and thought it smelled amazing.
I hadn't worn cologne in years. I tried it again, a year and several new scents later and now it smells like a gym locker room to me. Like the dudes who spray half a can of tag or axe after weight lifting.
I don't get the hype about eros as well. I have a bottle too and when I spray it, I can't grab the idea of anyone liking the scent of it
Who are you? How come I've never heard of your channel? Loved the way you review fragrances! So succinct & straight to the point with your descriptions! VERY INFORMATIVE! Way to go
The only blind buy I got was spicebomb extreme and it was insanely good, every other fragrance I sampled first
used to hate sauvage elixir, but it grew on me ngl.
I think I regret Le Male Elixir too. Felt amazing when I tried it on, didn’t realize it too strong for everyday office use and it is too similar to 1 Million which I dislike. I live in a place where autumn and winter are not too cold and are fairly short, and the fragrance it is too overwhelming for hot weather. I bought the big bottle too. RIP $$$, not sure how much I will use it.
i don't regret anything i personally bought in terms of smell, everything i bought has smelled great and i've loved each fragrance, but i do regret getting eau de toilette instead of eau de parfum, just because i realize now that like 90% of people literally cannot even smell what i put on unless i've applied it super recently or if they are in touching distance to me
I don’t have tik tok and never bought a fragrance based off hype or fomo or whatever u wanna call it. However I do regret buying givenchy gentlemen boisee, spice bomb extreme, bentley men intense. They just weren’t for me at all and they aren’t necessarily bad, just not for me.
Worst purchase by a mile was Instant Crush by Mancera. Pure acid
Fragrances I regret buying: Profumo, Oud Malaki, Sauvage EDP, Sauvage Parfum, Prada L'homme, Tonka Cola, Cedrat Boise, and Starlight. I WOULD have regretted Stronger With You Absolutely; however, I traded it for Enigma Parfum Pour Homme so probably one of my best buys.
Le Male Elixir was my first JPG fragrance. I bought it a few months after launch and did so because of the hype, it was my first regret although I'm quite used to blindbuying. A few weeks later I tested other flankers and really enjoyed them, namely Le Male Le Parfum and Le Beau Le Parfum.
Sauvage Elixir, on the other hand, was the only Sauvage I was missing. Sadly it was nothing like the ones I had. Absolutely hated it.
Since both blindbuys I've spent a considerable amount of time, effort and money researching Fragrantica and other content before even buying a decant. I guess both fragrances were a good lesson. Thank god they were designer.
Le Male Elixir is sort of a shot in the dark. It can definitely be too sweet in the opening, but the drydown is pretty nice and it works well with my skin chemistry. I can totally see why someone would dislike it, though.
You hyped me to get LeBeau Paradise Garden, and it’s not like bad but it’s nothing like wow. It’s whateves I guess hehe
Yeah when I first bought it, it sort of smelt like wet grass and leaves, but it slowly grew on me and I enjoy it now
The one I regret buying is Versace Eros edt. First ever cologne, and I prefer edp but my parents got me edt (Still thankful). I regret it do to the fact I accidentally left it in the sun for 5 months without knowing that’s bad. So i don’t technically regret buying it
Do a part 2-3-4-5…
There are so many more that need to part on this list…
Bought JPG elixir because tik tik told him to, and then magically when it wasn’t hyped and popular anymore decided he doesn’t like it 🙄
I bought Sauvage Elixir and I think that because I live in Canada where winter lasts forever and is 3x colder I’m able to get away with it more as the intensity and projection is negated by the intensity of the weather. Still wouldn’t go more than 2 sprays tho even in winter
what does winter have to do with the smell and projection ? (i'm curious)
Cold will mute scents. Body heat will activate them more.
@@eejaaspk cold vs warm. Fragrance on me is like blooming when sun is high and is hot and my body is overheating. In the morning (around 5) its almost like "muffled".
For me it was Givenchy Gentlemen edp. It smells good, but bearly wear it and also Armani Code Absolu, this one is very very sweet
My biggest fragrance regrets:
Parfums de Marly Carlisle
Montale Oudmazing
Amouage Enclave
(These just don't work on my skin)
Spicebomb Infrared EDP
Armani Acqua di Gio EDP
(Abysmal performance on my skin)
That’s why you sample
I went to a store looking for which dior sauvage model I should get and when I let my mom test out the elixir model, she said it’s something that my grandpa would wear because it smells like a fragrance for more mature men
I blind bought polo green awhile back at a cologne store and it’s probably the worst purchase I have ever made. I have trouble sleeping every night knowing I bought polo green
Lemale elixir is still my most worn fragrance as I like sweet and vanilla based fragrances.
what you said is true, sometimes we are fooled by advertisements and make blind buys and currently there are too many perfumes with sweet aromas but in my opinion the fragrance will taste good when it's half or a third left.
10:35 SWY absolutely is way more mature because of the booziness, so if you're 30+, buy absolutely, otherwise buy intensely
I love the Jean Paul you mentioned guys remember at the end of the day it’s all opinion. I get compliments all the time with the elixir. I’ve had girls not let go trying to smell me IM NOT BULLSHITING
i regret buying mancera red tobacco. i really like the smell of the fragrance but pretty much everybody im around cant stand it because of how strong it is.
Gentleman Givency reserve privee was so hyped blind bought it and regrated it
Do you sell the ones you don’t like because I’m interested in buying them from you
tobacco vanille is incredible. charuto tobacco vanille is an incredible dupe that i own
What you said about Tom Ford TV is me with Nishane Suede et Safran. 230 euro for a 50ml. I'm not coping when I say it smells better than Ombré leather but still damn that price is insane. I feel like not wearing it because its a waste, but not wearing it is a waste too.
The same thing happened to me with Asad. I thought if it comes close to Sauvage Elixir, it must be good. I didn't know either of them. It makes me feel sick, and I gave it to my father
I almost blind bought spice bomb extreme. So glad I tested it at the mall, that scent is not for me. I know a lot of people love it but I just couldn’t see myself wearing it.
I’ve bought blind all of my 9 colognes and I haven’t regretted one yet 😅😂
This is great advice for folks NOT to blind buy "at least" the pricey fragrances.
I also hate the rum smell on stronger with you. I'm still not even sure about the intensely. The new tobacco is more nice to me
I love JPG Le Male Elixir, but only for cold weather. In this Scorching hot Texas Coastal weather, no thanks. ❤
A guy at work wears Sauvage Elixir and literally kills the whole floor. Terrible experience every single time.
Luckily I didn't spend much on my biggest regret, but it's Lattafa Khaltaat Al Arabia Royal Blends. It's very sweet and fruity, which I don't like. I've worn it twice and never again. I do have Maison Alhambra's Tobacco Touch, and it's very good, I'd recommend checking it out for a great Tobacco Vanille dupe.
My biggest regrets was buying light blue edt instead of intense and my Dunhill icon racing blind buy(I like icon racing but I don’t have the situation to use it )
i got light blue edt for christmas this past year and it smells nice but it does NOT perform whatsoever
Men who wear Light Blue Intense WOMEN's version >>>
The experience i had with swy absolutely was that i smelled eatable and masculine at the same time. But with swy intensely , sone told me that they had some kind of headache because of the spiciness. Overall i had more complements from swy absolutely than swy intensely.
Sauvage Elixr is amazing too .. jog Elixr and Sauvage Elixr is two of best 5 frags of last few years…
Tonka Cola is AMAZING on my skin. Idk I always love it when I wear it. But I get it in terms of why you don't like it though.
Zero Cola from Alexandria fragrances is way better.
eau des baux by loccitane is way better than tabacco vanille and a third of the price. it still performs really well as a edt too, one of the most slept on underrated fragrances fr
Sauvage Elixir gets me a lot of compliments from either man or woman I don't know when I wear it .
I regret Creed Aventus and Aventus Green Irish Tweed. Aventus smells like a rich old man not youthful at all and GIT smells very green and dark. Not that either are bad scents but I’ve never got a compliment wearing either and I don’t care for them. I get zero pineapple out of the Aventus but my bottle is only 2 years old. I agree intensely is better than absolutely I own the original as well.
Buy more creed fragrances. Start collecting them ok? Not for smell but for collecting ok? Next one buy viking
Le Male Elixir (easily the best LM) and Sauvage Elixir are both great
Honestly i prefer Ultra Male (basic choice ik) but i do like sauvage elixir
Still think LMLP is 1000x better personally
I regret buying tom ford noir extreme. I enjoyed it at first sniff but it quickly started to smell bland and uninteresting in comparison to the rest of my collection
Haha i actually thought the opposite, i didn't like it at first but as my nose developed it has gotten so good. I'm curious, what are fragrances that u have that u like the most?
Opposite for me. Didn’t really like it initially now it’s one of the best gourmands ever
I get what u mean to me it doesn't last
I wear that pretty often
Regrets: Bentley Intense, Prada Black, The One EDP, Prada L'homme, Armani Code Perfumo, ADG Parfumo and most of all: Spicebomb Extreme (which was SUPER weak).
John paul elixer smells very similar to perry ellis 360 black. Mostly because of they share similar dry down notes in amber as well as tobacco. Because of this elixir was spoiled for me, luckily i only purchased a travel sample of it.
You'll grow up soon...
Tom Ford's decline in the frag community is saddening. They used to be a titan of originality and quality. Now, they have some of the worst price to performance in the industry in their private line. I have some signature line fragrances from them but I wont be replacing. The private line frags are good to spray on at the airport duty free as there are some unique scents that are too weak to bother anyone at the plane and will have completely faded when you reach your destination.
when it comes to fragrances I have but don't wear: number one is Encre Noir by Lalique. I appreciate this scent, however, not only do I kinda know this scent from somewhere, this scent is so groomy and murderously serious, that I can't imagine myself smelling like that.
xerjoff starlight is also $400 though and there are no discounters in australia that I know of that sell it
Turning 26, Sauvage Elixir came out a little bit way tooo sweet for me, even though Dior Homme Intense is pleasant, maybe due to how the perfumer worked the ingredients, feels BDC like in terms of natural, will smells good a hundred years from now
biggest regret buy for me was a classic fragrance from the house of Krizia "Spazio Krizia. Uomo" This scent was so unique and masculine I took one smell of it and bought it immediately the 1st time in 1996. Bought it again in NYC in 2003 and vehemently regretted. The dry down was non existent. I could get maybe 3- 5 hours out of it before having to reapply it. Terrible buy!!!
Unpopular take but initially enjoyed MFK Gentle Fluidity Silver but after a while started to dislike it. It's a good thing I only have a sample of it and didn't buy a full bottle 😅
Im Sorry but every fragrance you mentioned was a banger. You're analysis on these fragrances that are mass appealing and very good. 😂😂😂 Can't believe what im hearing. I do agree Intensely is better than Absolutely and i do agree Initio is just ok though
I agree, when he bagged on Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille and Le Male Elixir I just had to laugh. Sounds like he shouldn't be in this game if he is so concerned about spending the money 😂
@neo7759, where he went wrong, was being influenced by TikTok videos and blind buying fragrances. Probably even paid full retail like a dumbass.
Bro im the same about tom ford. It’s really bad too because i have a 50ml of tobacco oud that was similar price, and it’s discontinued. I wear it maybe once a week in the winter. It's the third bottle I've ever owned of it and honestly probably the last, I feel like the likelyhood of getting a fake is high at this point. If anyone knows any good tobacco oud dupes lmk, my favorite fragrance of all time idk why it was discontinued.
you crazy jpg elixer is fire!
It's personal taste after all!
i returned it. and i never return fragrences. very nice but meh
fire but le male le parfum just better
@@InsterestingFact159hell nah 💀
@@MyKeeP81How’d you return it? Are you even allowed to return fragrances after using them?
Stronger with you is exactly like a Christmas store. It's only for December. It's not that great it's just strong cinnamon.
Which is better in your opinion absolutely or intensely 😂
Lacoste Blanc, Reviewers said that the white florals wouldn’t make it feminine but I find I way to feminine
bro just because jean paul gualtier le male elixir gives YOU a headache doesnt mean its the same for everybody i bough jpg le male elixir and its one of my favorite colones dare i say its the best one
Gucci Guilty Elixir, one of my biggest fragrance regrets. Still trying to get someone to buy it off of me.
I blind bought Hindu Kush from Mancera. First of all, it had the atomizer problem where it sticks and you have to manually pull it up after each spray (which is relatively common with Mancera from ehat I understand). It was also just too heavy on the patchouli, for me.
Purchase samples first, buying full bottles and then not using them is just a waste of money, not rocket science just common sense really, that amount of money is crazy.
Sauvage elixir infuriates me, whenever I walk into a room I'm choked out by it, it's way too strong
Nice Video! Some people say the new batches of Sauvage EDP have perfomance issues. Do you agree?
The first one is for winter, but I agree with you. I'd rather buy one million
Anything from Tom Ford Private Blend is overpriced and underperforming. The Maison Alhambra rip offs are way better value, literally one tenth of the price.
Ain’t gonna lie man, I blind bought Sauvage Elixir. I won’t say I regret it, BUT it is definitely too potent. Especially in the spring and summer time. This is definitely a fragrance that is not easy to wear. It’s best suited for the fall and winter and maybe a cool spring. But only during the night. For me, I don’t mind mature scents as they are more of my taste. You’ll definitely have to let this one grow on you in time. As this one is NOT gonna be for everyone, especially right off the bat. You put the original edt or edp up against the elixir. It can make you cringe at first because the first two (and the Parfum) are very versatile while elixir is not. So I will agree that this is definitely not a blind buy. But I wouldn’t blind buy any fragrance in general. That’s why now, I just sample a few and make a decision later
Elixir smells so sexy for men tho, you are gonna need something strong and sexy for the winter.
If you don't like sweet perfumes and rock with hard hitting fragrances then dior sauvage elixir is a blind buy for you.
Never regret buying baby yoda fragance ❤
I don’t have by Killian angel share. I have lattafa Khamrah! Give that one a shot if you want something similar! It’s a fraction of the price of angel share! I love it!:)
I hate it
I'm happy I got le male le parfum instead of elixer. I hate sickly sweet fragrances.
Bro you have 3 bottles of le male elixir stop gate keeping you obviously love it.
Tobbaco Touch is a steal. Makes you think that luxury perfumes are some sort of a scam business.
They are. A legal scam.
Biggest regret would probs be buying the original spice bomb, it’s a cool fragrance on paper being a strong dose of peppers and spices but in reality it’s extremely hard for a person to pull off due to it being such a strong and harsh fragrance, i smelled it on a guy yesterday while waiting in line to be served at a bank, it was borderline unbearable id have to give it a 1.5/10 your better of wearing nothing than it
I have like 10 fragrances I wear out of 70 bottles i own......sometimes I do reach for a different frag depending on my mood. Overall I need to sell like 75% of my collection because I literally can't decide what to wear
Re-selling lightly used fragrances is much more lucrative than I ever could have imagined. I rarely lose more than a few dollars and occasionally profit. Sell them.
Where to sell them ? If you could reply that would be great thanks
@@Corbinwggns Ebay, I'll add up what would be retail or full price at a discounter and subtract 20% then list. If you're buying at REAL retail, you'll never recoup your money.
@@Mr.CellophaneHart ah okay yeah but my eBay says you can’t sell used cologne I’m guessing only sell if a few sprays are missing? And list it new?
Great video, I don’t like any Tom Ford frags. I’ve had a few! The performance was so weak.