Proof positive that just because something is more expensive doesn't automatically make it better. Appreciate your work here Aaron and very much looking forward to everything opening up so I (and others!) can sample your work and support the art form. Big love from Australia.
Al-Khatt IMO is one of the most beautiful from Xerjoff in the Oud Stars line, and is an AMAZING Oud and Indolic Jasmine scent, and super unique. It’s a bit skanky but in a good way that really works with everything in the scent to give it the magic it has. Other Xerjoff Oud Stars of note that you may enjoy, would be Mamluk (Honey floral Oud), Malesia (Amber and Oud combo), and Ceylon (Black Tea, Honey, Oud).
Nice to know. I always top an oud with Dior J’Adore Infinissime. Infinissime is an outstanding jasmin and tuberose scent and softens / smoothens oud. Somehow these components love each other to death.
Totally agree about al-khat that and fars IMO are the best from the oud stars line would love to hear Aron’s views on these to along with more than words which is a beast of a rose oud another one of my favs from this house
The only perfumer who I believe is as innovative and avant-garde as you is Alessandro Gualtieri. I suggest you to try all his creations from his nassomato and orto parisi line. He is such an inspiration.
@@sam_-gu1mn I'm really afraid of that one. it just doesn't go away. sprayed one of my clothes 8 mounts ago and it still smells like it. Strongest aquatic fragrance ever made.
@@Arian94 that's exactly why I love it so much, It's fresh but it's like a nuclear BOMB. Lasts 3 days on skin and forever on clothes. I also like the smell. But unlike other aquatics, It's not for summer days and it's better in cooler months.
@@AaronTerenceHughes Your Welcome and thanks for working so hard to get us some kickass fragrances...I no you got to deal with postal bull shit so i no you work your ass off so we the customer have the best money can buy and the best experience possible! Keep at it Aaron your doing good!
I have the same experience with the house of Xerjoff: most fragrances are amazing but the lesser fragrances are really bad, there's no in between. Also, please review Xerjoff Zefiro and 1888!
@@theunkownmr.562 I agree it can be tough to pull off as a man. To me it's like a sweet fruity washing powder. Although I do find I can wear fragrances aimed at women and be as comfortable as I would be on a traditional masculine frag. BR540 for me I struggle with though
Never tried Zafar, I did buy Alexandria II and Naxos based on the reviews of it I've seen from you and Demi Rawling. Looking towards Symphonium or Richwood next.
Hi Aaron! Great review! I Could you review Stronger With You Absolutely Parfum, please? Keep up the wonderful work you are doing. You are the best perfume reviewer. Thank you!
I would love to see that as well. I saw your video with Frag-mental. Based on your facial expressions, you really fell in love with Absolutely. Same for me. Beautiful fragrance. I got it for 50 pounds. I would say my number 1 at the moment.
Zafar didn't grab me but I'm glad you're exploring more Xerjoffs! Still hoping you check out & review Symphonium Parfum... On top of being a fantastic gourmand, the oud - of which I know you're a fan - is brilliant in the drydown. If you can stomach the prices, it's tough to beat the Parfum line. (Richwood probably being my other fave)
I was just watching your reviews about Naxos and Alexandria II and here comes another Xerjoff😆 did you already try Amber Star? If not I would highly recommend it, one of the best from Xerjoff
Thanks Aaron for another awesome review. Just picked up “LEGEND” yesterday. Had my co-workers following me around begging to know where I got the scent. Brilliant.
Hello sir. I have a coworker named John Myles that absolutely loves your reviews. I showed him your videos and now he is hooked😀 . Best reviewer and the realest in the game. Oh and I hate Zafar as well 😀
That’s very kind. Was a total surprise to me! I expected something similar. But what I’ve learnt is what I love is not for you. And what you might love is not for me!
Xerjof is on my radar but waiting on my order from you first. Lol .are a scratch n sniff board with all the scent notes so I know what I am smelling lol. I have truly learned a lot just listening to you. Keep up the great work.
Great review i hope to see which will be your top 8 for the year thatvyou have reviewed and love. I love your review on Chanel Bleu de chanel parfum version..... i want to try that one very soon. Do you feel tom boy or bad boy edp one is better you would recommend that i could get? Have blessed day bro
@@AaronTerenceHughes omg 😲 Aaron the one I was describing is Toy 🧸 Boy by Moschino. That was the one I was asking you about. I wanted your feedback which one was better for you Toy 🧸 Boy by Moschino or CH BadBoy.
Now this house is A5 Kobe. Either you love or find them disappointed, I'd say 80/100 you'd love. But iv been to Harrods many times just to try out their new collection. Alex 2 is my favourite
Wait, I'm a bit confused: you're talking about cashmeran there for a bit, right? But I got cashmeran in 100% concentrate as far as I'm concerned, but it's actually a pale liquid, even at room temperature.. Or did I confuse something there?
Lovely review as always, huge fan of xerjoff. Richwood is a nice gritty scent I just received. Not for the masses , but to me -absolutely my type of scent. If you stumble upon my channel, I did a first impressions of Smoulder and your fragrance Neon. Big fan, love your work. Wanted to let you know I gave some love to your beautiful creations, even though I’m a new reviewer. My love for perfumery/fragrance is immense. You can’t miss the thumbnail if you catch it. Cheers!
Great review and it's a good thing finding out this is so similar to tiziana terenzi ursa because I've got ursa and i like it but it's one i use just now and then it is very harsh especially in the opening and if it didn't dry down to something a lot nicer i wouldn't like it and by the sounds of it this one stays harsh, I picked up 100ml of ursa for £135 online so the price of this one is definitely not worth it
Awesome review 😎 I cant stand the Xerjoff Oud stars line except Alex II and Fars :D Btw I Hope you could check Xerjoffs Symphonium and compare it to your Forbidden...battle of two chocolate-orange heavy weights :))
That was an interesting review. Would you consider reviewing Lagerfeld Classic? It is very inexpensive, but is absolutely one of my favorite fragrances. I'm curious on how they're able to do that so inexpensively. Thank you for all your entertaining reviews!
@@AaronTerenceHughes It was Karl Lagerfeld's first fragrance (1978 I believe). It has since been renamed - "Lagerfeld Classic". I'd be interested to see what you think about it.
You should try Égoïste by Chanel. It's a very dry woody, musky fragrance with a prominent note of carnation that was the first masculine scent to be completely based upon the note of sandalwood. It's very ward, torrid and sexual.
Funny how the ingredients read oud, but you never mention the scent of a specific oud 😂. Me spending 270 for 50ml will never be on this, but on your Luna, Oud or Violet Delirium. Throwing in an extra 100 and buying the Box of Oud also is a much much better option in my opinion.
The box of Oud comes with 1ml of authentic Oud. That way your be able to know if a fragrance contains Oud at a concentration that would be worth the money
Great review. I'm a big fan of Xerjoff and I hope this doesn't sway you from doing more reviews from the house. Never smelled Zafar, but can't see trying it now. I trust your nose.
@@fragscentuals the similarities only appear in the drydown, because of the grapefruit and ambroxan combo. Tygar has a more noticeable bitter grapefruit and is overpriced imo for a freshie 🤷🏼♂️
Oh really! I give odyssey away with perfume over a value. I wanted odyssey to be like every blue fragrance out there. So I’m not surprised. Thank you for supporting my work and my team.
Hey Aaron, I have a question, more like a proposal if you will. Now that you've started building some collection for yourself, I think it would be great if you can do more comparisons between famous fragrances that are compared to each other to see just where the differences. Just like the one where you compared Aventus to Hacivat. For example: Mefisto vs Silver Mountain Water, Naxos vs Pure Havane etc. Thanks for your time and effort you put into these reviews, I appreciate it a lot.
Wasn't a fan of Zafar, that fecal opening immediately put me off. Zerjoff has a huge range of fragrances, some of them very good, others very bad, or just overpriced/similar to other products.
@@AaronTerenceHughes I follow you and I’d would love to add to my cologne collection. Can you share a few of your favorites with me so I can buy please?
Hey Aaron, love your reviews! I wonder if you could, sometime, also do a bit of a dive into chemistry and aroma chemicals. Like how are they produced? How do they work? What functions do they have in a fragrence? What kind of natural products do they replace and so on.
Proof positive that just because something is more expensive doesn't automatically make it better.
Appreciate your work here Aaron and very much looking forward to everything opening up so I (and others!) can sample your work and support the art form.
Big love from Australia.
Al-Khatt IMO is one of the most beautiful from Xerjoff in the Oud Stars line, and is an AMAZING Oud and Indolic Jasmine scent, and super unique. It’s a bit skanky but in a good way that really works with everything in the scent to give it the magic it has.
Other Xerjoff Oud Stars of note that you may enjoy, would be Mamluk (Honey floral Oud), Malesia (Amber and Oud combo), and Ceylon (Black Tea, Honey, Oud).
Nice to know. I always top an oud with Dior J’Adore Infinissime. Infinissime is an outstanding jasmin and tuberose scent and softens / smoothens oud. Somehow these components love each other to death.
Totally agree about al-khat that and fars IMO are the best from the oud stars line would love to hear Aron’s views on these to along with more than words which is a beast of a rose oud another one of my favs from this house
The only perfumer who I believe is as innovative and avant-garde as you is Alessandro Gualtieri. I suggest you to try all his creations from his nassomato and orto parisi line. He is such an inspiration.
He did a review on three Nasomattos
@@ajgunari Only true fans like us know ;)
Megamare is one of my favorites from his creations.
@@sam_-gu1mn I'm really afraid of that one. it just doesn't go away. sprayed one of my clothes 8 mounts ago and it still smells like it. Strongest aquatic fragrance ever made.
@@Arian94 that's exactly why I love it so much, It's fresh but it's like a nuclear BOMB. Lasts 3 days on skin and forever on clothes. I also like the smell. But unlike other aquatics, It's not for summer days and it's better in cooler months.
love to see you review richwood
Very Nice Aaron As Always!
Thank you Terry
@@AaronTerenceHughes Your Welcome and thanks for working so hard to get us some kickass fragrances...I no you got to deal with postal bull shit so i no you work your ass off so we the customer have the best money can buy and the best experience possible! Keep at it Aaron your doing good!
@@AaronTerenceHughes Your Welcome!
I have the same experience with the house of Xerjoff: most fragrances are amazing but the lesser fragrances are really bad, there's no in between.
Also, please review Xerjoff Zefiro and 1888!
I also want to hear your views on Zefiro.
I added a few drops of hindi oud and a drop of osmanthus to Zafar and aged it for 4 months. It’s fantastic.
Erba Pura or Naxos are my favourites from the house. Just such high quality
I like Erba Pura but it smells like a refined versión of a womens deodorant. It's too feminine for me.
@@theunkownmr.562 I agree it can be tough to pull off as a man. To me it's like a sweet fruity washing powder. Although I do find I can wear fragrances aimed at women and be as comfortable as I would be on a traditional masculine frag. BR540 for me I struggle with though
Erba Pura is the greatest fragrance I've smelt so far. Never gotten so many compliments either with a fragrance.
I love zafar... the oud like fragrances have a big foundation in the xerjoff lineups. I would like you to try more of the Oud Stars line from them.
Never tried Zafar, I did buy Alexandria II and Naxos based on the reviews of it I've seen from you and Demi Rawling. Looking towards Symphonium or Richwood next.
Aaron's review of Naxos really changed the way Naxos was viewed. I noticed people calling it fresh. I rock it on cool summer nights 😎
Just mentioned Symphonium & Richwood myself... Love both & hoping Aaron reviews them soon.
@@shinakuma1779 that’s very cool.
Would love to hear your thoughts on Amber Star from Xerjoff if you can get your hands on it 👍
Hi Aaron!
Great review! I Could you review Stronger With You Absolutely Parfum, please?
Keep up the wonderful work you are doing. You are the best perfume reviewer.
Thank you!
I would love to see that as well. I saw your video with Frag-mental. Based on your facial expressions, you really fell in love with Absolutely. Same for me. Beautiful fragrance. I got it for 50 pounds. I would say my number 1 at the moment.
I'd be extremely interested to hear your thoughts on Amouage Memoir Man, Aaron!
One that's not really talked about all that much from Amouage.
you amazing Aaron, I so trust your nose.... your range is fab.... hope you review 'symphonic Parfum' in the future xx
Zafar didn't grab me but I'm glad you're exploring more Xerjoffs!
Still hoping you check out & review Symphonium Parfum...
On top of being a fantastic gourmand, the oud - of which I know you're a fan - is brilliant in the drydown.
If you can stomach the prices, it's tough to beat the Parfum line. (Richwood probably being my other fave)
I love zafar. Smelled it today and im gonna pick up a full bottle next week.
I was just watching your reviews about Naxos and Alexandria II and here comes another Xerjoff😆 did you already try Amber Star? If not I would highly recommend it, one of the best from Xerjoff
Another fantastic review 👌
Thanks Aaron for another awesome review. Just picked up “LEGEND” yesterday. Had my co-workers following me around begging to know where I got the scent. Brilliant.
Please, try Symphonium, La Capitale, Golden Dallah and Mamluk next, Aaron. Amazing concoctions
Great review as always . Have a few xerjoff fragrances. Try Cruz de sur 2. And richwood. Keep up the good work
I would be nervous, because it's my favourite cold winter fragrance, but i would love to see you review Single Malt By Kilian.
You need to try xerjoff richwood aaron
Best mysore sandalwood scent ever!
I think Aaron won't like the grapefruit note
Hello sir. I have a coworker named John Myles that absolutely loves your reviews. I showed him your videos and now he is hooked😀 . Best reviewer and the realest in the game. Oh and I hate Zafar as well 😀
That’s very kind. Was a total surprise to me! I expected something similar. But what I’ve learnt is what I love is not for you. And what you might love is not for me!
@@AaronTerenceHughes This one is made for hardcore niche oriental market
Try Richwood, and Pikovaya Dama 😍
Hi Aaron, can you please review Clive Christian X Masculine? I would love to hear your take on it.
Xerjof is on my radar but waiting on my order from you first. Lol .are a scratch n sniff board with all the scent notes so I know what I am smelling lol. I have truly learned a lot just listening to you. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for the review Aaron even if you didn’t particularly like it.
Another xerjoff more than words next ATH my favorite
Great review i hope to see which will be your top 8 for the year thatvyou have reviewed and love. I love your review on Chanel Bleu de chanel parfum version..... i want to try that one very soon. Do you feel tom boy or bad boy edp one is better you would recommend that i could get? Have blessed day bro
I need to see Tom boy I have not smelt it
@@AaronTerenceHughes omg 😲 Aaron the one I was describing is Toy 🧸 Boy by Moschino. That was the one I was asking you about. I wanted your feedback which one was better for you Toy 🧸 Boy by Moschino or CH BadBoy.
Now this house is A5 Kobe. Either you love or find them disappointed, I'd say 80/100 you'd love. But iv been to Harrods many times just to try out their new collection. Alex 2 is my favourite
Happy weekend mi amigo
Wait, I'm a bit confused: you're talking about cashmeran there for a bit, right? But I got cashmeran in 100% concentrate as far as I'm concerned, but it's actually a pale liquid, even at room temperature.. Or did I confuse something there?
That sounds like Cashmarine Velvet. Cashmarine is solid and looks like ice
@@AaronTerenceHughes ohhh right, thank you very much :)
Have you reviewed Dylan blue yet?
Next xerjoff Ceylon or maybe Al-Khat. Same house, same oud stars line. Much love ATH
Lovely review as always, huge fan of xerjoff. Richwood is a nice gritty scent I just received. Not for the masses , but to me -absolutely my type of scent.
If you stumble upon my channel, I did a first impressions of Smoulder and your fragrance Neon. Big fan, love your work. Wanted to let you know I gave some love to your beautiful creations, even though I’m a new reviewer. My love for perfumery/fragrance is immense. You can’t miss the thumbnail if you catch it. Cheers!
Lovely review as always. Could you please review Psychedelic love but Initio Parfums, I think you would enjoy it. Cheers!
I second this! It’s one of my fav from Initio!
I would love to see a comparison between Xerjoff Zafar and MFK Oud Silk Mood. ❤🙏🏻
I own them both. These 2 has no similarities. MFK OSM is wearable but Zafar is something different.
@@baihaqky1😊
Really want you to review Montale Arabians Tonka, pretty please with a unicorn on top 🦄
Anything for my unicorn family
Great review and it's a good thing finding out this is so similar to tiziana terenzi ursa because I've got ursa and i like it but it's one i use just now and then it is very harsh especially in the opening and if it didn't dry down to something a lot nicer i wouldn't like it and by the sounds of it this one stays harsh, I picked up 100ml of ursa for £135 online so the price of this one is definitely not worth it
Great, interesting review as always :)
Thank you
@@AaronTerenceHughes my pleasure 👍
The legend!! Your fragrances are my favorites. Great to see you as always sir!! It's October and I have money held back for your next release
You won’t have to wait long. It’s all finished and we are doing things differently. I hope your be surprised and see the months of hard work involved
Not surprised. Xerjoff has some of my favorites (Via Cavour and Naxos) and some of my worst (I've sampled many).
What I’ve learnt is what I don’t like is someone’s signature fragrance.
Please give us your all time top five colognes :(
Please make a review of Mamluk and Al khatt 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Would be amazing if you review anything from Boadicea like Dasman, Nemer or other their popular offerings and see your honest review
Awesome review 😎 I cant stand the Xerjoff Oud stars line except Alex II and Fars :D Btw I Hope you could check Xerjoffs Symphonium and compare it to your Forbidden...battle of two chocolate-orange heavy weights :))
Oh really! I will have to get that. I do love heavy chocolate fragrance
That was an interesting review.
Would you consider reviewing Lagerfeld Classic? It is very inexpensive, but is absolutely one of my favorite fragrances. I'm curious on how they're able to do that so inexpensively.
Thank you for all your entertaining reviews!
Yes ofcause
What’s it name
@@AaronTerenceHughes It was Karl Lagerfeld's first fragrance (1978 I believe). It has since been renamed - "Lagerfeld Classic". I'd be interested to see what you think about it.
You have to try 40 Knots
how does aaron only have 41k subs!!!!
Because I do not buy them!
@@AaronTerenceHughes you deserve them!!!
Ursa comparison is closer to straight to heaven by kilian
You should try Égoïste by Chanel. It's a very dry woody, musky fragrance with a prominent note of carnation that was the first masculine scent to be completely based upon the note of sandalwood. It's very ward, torrid and sexual.
Need to try this one
Funny how the ingredients read oud, but you never mention the scent of a specific oud 😂. Me spending 270 for 50ml will never be on this, but on your Luna, Oud or Violet Delirium. Throwing in an extra 100 and buying the Box of Oud also is a much much better option in my opinion.
The box of Oud comes with 1ml of authentic Oud. That way your be able to know if a fragrance contains Oud at a concentration that would be worth the money
@@AaronTerenceHughesI would like to ask you if you think that Alexandria 2 has an oud amount below or over 1%
Great review. I'm a big fan of Xerjoff and I hope this doesn't sway you from doing more reviews from the house. Never smelled Zafar, but can't see trying it now. I trust your nose.
Please review Mauboussin Private Club, spread the greatness to the world.
would love to see you review Bvlgari’s Tygar, it has an uncanny similarity to Odyssey
Oh really 😳 And cheaper too tygar is 334 retail I believe
@@fragscentuals the similarities only appear in the drydown, because of the grapefruit and ambroxan combo. Tygar has a more noticeable bitter grapefruit and is overpriced imo for a freshie 🤷🏼♂️
Oh really! I give odyssey away with perfume over a value. I wanted odyssey to be like every blue fragrance out there. So I’m not surprised. Thank you for supporting my work and my team.
@@scentenniall yeah bro I will not pay that much for ambrox grapefruit wood fragrances maybe if it was real ambergris… but 330 is crazy
@@fragscentuals 330 for ambroxan/ grapefruit citrus fragrance. Gosh! That’s a lot
Obacharin? what now? The ortho tertiary-butyl cyclohexyl acetate?
I'm just wondering what material you mentioned?
Obacharin?
I don't think you're harsh enough on your marks. 7/10 for something with so much to dislike about it, especially at the price point.
Hey Aaron, I have a question, more like a proposal if you will. Now that you've started building some collection for yourself, I think it would be great if you can do more comparisons between famous fragrances that are compared to each other to see just where the differences. Just like the one where you compared Aventus to Hacivat. For example: Mefisto vs Silver Mountain Water, Naxos vs Pure Havane etc.
Thanks for your time and effort you put into these reviews, I appreciate it a lot.
If it’s appropriate I will mention it. But I try to leave the middle but for free thinking
Can you please review Burberry Hero 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wasn't a fan of Zafar, that fecal opening immediately put me off.
Zerjoff has a huge range of fragrances, some of them very good, others very bad, or just overpriced/similar to other products.
Aaron can you do your top ten colognes? I love your reviews but it’s tough to get a perspective on where everything stands as far as a ranking
Top ten of mine or what I’ve reviewed? Il do my favourites I’ve reviewed at the end of the year
@@AaronTerenceHughes I follow you and I’d would love to add to my cologne collection. Can you share a few of your favorites with me so I can buy please?
@@AaronTerenceHughes so it would be top ten of your of all time
Zafer means "Victory"
Love
Hey Aaron, love your reviews! I wonder if you could, sometime, also do a bit of a dive into chemistry and aroma chemicals. Like how are they produced? How do they work? What functions do they have in a fragrence? What kind of natural products do they replace and so on.
I try to keep the reviews suitable for everyone! If I go to heavy it would alienate people!
Try decas by xerjoff
Richwood is 😍😍😍😍
Aaron, you really ought to try Pikovaya Dama.
250 for 50ml! LOL.....gitttttt outtaaaa hereeeeeee...
To me, Zafar smells like manure. You have to wait 2-3 hours before it becomes more palatable
Xerjoff is overrated I feel