Hey ram just wanted to say I had the pickup of the year 70% full bottle of Bally masculin for $20 bucks the perfume gods have blessed me!!!! what a fragrance I don’t know if it’s the bottle playing tricks on me of the brand being being Swiss but I see white almost like a white leather fougere it’s so beautifully made I’m in love also picked up 4 bottles of deep vintage Lapidus pour homme 85% on the front and I get a one of the best Jasmin notes from them smells like a niche floral the frickin value for money in vintage scents cannot be beat thanks again for everything u do patiently waiting on your 1988 ranking as it’s one of my favorite years of perfumery ever 🎉 until then I’ll be sitting in a bubble of 80s bliss 😊
Wow congrats I dont even want to tell you how much I paid for my bottle of Bally Masculin 🤒 I get a leather accord too in the opening... one of the best leather fougeres but so hard to find Congrats on the lapidus Pour Homme too... that fragrance in vintage form is a banger... 1988 video coming soon brother... probably friday evening 🙂
Another great vid Ramsey. I love the concept of a week or month dedicated to a brand. Amouage month would be awesome! Speaking of Amouage, I just received Opus IX. My nose is quite different than yours. I find the white flowers in the opening very loud and bright, but after an hour the florals fade, and after 3+ hours it's quite mellow. To me it leans more feminine in the opening, then unisex. I really like it, however I do wish it stayed louder, longer. Thanks again for the vid!
Maybe there are differences in the bottles but my bottle of Opus IX and the samples I tried lasted over 24 hours! It is one of the loudest and most resilient frags in my collection... maybe with some air in the bottle it will open up 🤌🤌🤌
Don't think I'll ever let my Zhen go... love it ! and re: Bortnikoff vs Areej...I just think Bortnikoff is a little more 'commercial' generic imo and likely higher profit margins.... whereas Russain Adam's passion comes through his offerings in every detail, bespoke bottle designs and presentation, authenticity in his inspirations and perfume conception, ingredient sourcing, hands on distillation and blending, oozes quality where you don't feel maximizing profit has been a factor in the final product.
I also get the unmistakable chocolatey finish, preceded by almond-like nuttiness and booziness. I recently got a tiny decant of Oud Zen and I think that whole gourmand-like accord I mentioned is not so apparent from the Oud Zhen, which is much more smoke heavy; so much so that the smoke masks some complex nuances of the oud used in it. If you are reading this and have Oud Zhen like me, I suggest never seeking out Oud Zen because while Oud Zhen is a fantastic fragrance, once you smell the original, you will start craving it more and more over Oud Zhen. Here's hoping that one day you and I can both get our hands on a full bottle of Oud Zen Ramsey!
I think you should review and post what you want and the people will watch or they won’t. I am a fan of Areej, so I’ll watch them. It’s all subjective. Just review and post what feels right to you and everything else will sort itself out.
Thank you Ajay ... Oud Zhen is a damn good perfume and I would be happy with either... but there is something to be said about having the first one isnt there 🤔 But rejoice and be glad you have the Oud Zhen Version.... now that you have some precious Russian Oud... do you see how Oud Zen could be a prototype for Russian Oud ?
@@RamseytheRam My thoughts exactly when I smelled Russian oud for the first time. It resembles oud zhen very much with Myrrh in the base. Oud zhen was definitely more smokey & much more oudy! Russian oud had that very balanced bitter & sweet combo from cacao.
I have nothing against Areej and not too long ago I would have been able to have actually purchased one. However, I can no longer do that due to my present financial status and if I bought a bottle, I would have to fast for over a month.
Just a little tip, I rarely use 'new money' for fragrances and generate, purchasing funds by either picking up bottles undervalued and reselling them on selling sites and reinvesting the difference, or selling bottles in my collection I nolonger wear or interest me and you will be surprised the price vintage fragrances can command... even partial bottles if kept in good condition... also best to list items internationally as there can be big differences in price and availability country to country.
Oh yeah,I’ve got a bottle from the classic collection ,Zhen and from the get go I really enjoyed it over the whole classic collection. And yeah the Bortnikoff collaboration will be something to behold ,as of today 1st June a no buy in place till the release of the big 3 cheers Rams quite the poetic review there my man ✌️🙏👍
Thank you very much, it's very interesting to hear the breakdown of Adam's work. I personally think the Areej week is cool (or Ensar), not sure if the Amouage month would be equally cool :D
After finding OE1, my hope To find more old ALD is revived, I have the second version of Oud Zen, for me is a upscale version of those smoke resinous fragrances with a huge amount of burning woods(basically the perfect oud bahkoor fragrance), People who enjoy Interlude have to give this DNA a chance.
Unfortunately since there were only 100 bottles of Oud Zen made for the whole world so you really just have to have a friend or check basenotes forms for other frags heads selling a bottle or breaking up a collection... happy hunting Andy 🏹
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Hey ram just wanted to say I had the pickup of the year 70% full bottle of Bally masculin for $20 bucks the perfume gods have blessed me!!!! what a fragrance I don’t know if it’s the bottle playing tricks on me of the brand being being Swiss but I see white almost like a white leather fougere it’s so beautifully made I’m in love also picked up 4 bottles of deep vintage Lapidus pour homme 85% on the front and I get a one of the best Jasmin notes from them smells like a niche floral the frickin value for money in vintage scents cannot be beat thanks again for everything u do patiently waiting on your 1988 ranking as it’s one of my favorite years of perfumery ever 🎉 until then I’ll be sitting in a bubble of 80s bliss 😊
Wow congrats I dont even want to tell you how much I paid for my bottle of Bally Masculin 🤒
I get a leather accord too in the opening... one of the best leather fougeres but so hard to find
Congrats on the lapidus Pour Homme too... that fragrance in vintage form is a banger... 1988 video coming soon brother... probably friday evening 🙂
I’m Here For All Classes Professor.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You are a very good student Antonio 🙏🙏🙏
Another great vid Ramsey. I love the concept of a week or month dedicated to a brand. Amouage month would be awesome! Speaking of Amouage, I just received Opus IX. My nose is quite different than yours. I find the white flowers in the opening very loud and bright, but after an hour the florals fade, and after 3+ hours it's quite mellow. To me it leans more feminine in the opening, then unisex. I really like it, however I do wish it stayed louder, longer. Thanks again for the vid!
Maybe there are differences in the bottles but my bottle of Opus IX and the samples I tried lasted over 24 hours! It is one of the loudest and most resilient frags in my collection... maybe with some air in the bottle it will open up 🤌🤌🤌
Don't think I'll ever let my Zhen go... love it ! and re: Bortnikoff vs Areej...I just think Bortnikoff is a little more 'commercial' generic imo and likely higher profit margins.... whereas Russain Adam's passion comes through his offerings in every detail, bespoke bottle designs and presentation, authenticity in his inspirations and perfume conception, ingredient sourcing, hands on distillation and blending, oozes quality where you don't feel maximizing profit has been a factor in the final product.
💯% agree
I also get the unmistakable chocolatey finish, preceded by almond-like nuttiness and booziness. I recently got a tiny decant of Oud Zen and I think that whole gourmand-like accord I mentioned is not so apparent from the Oud Zhen, which is much more smoke heavy; so much so that the smoke masks some complex nuances of the oud used in it. If you are reading this and have Oud Zhen like me, I suggest never seeking out Oud Zen because while Oud Zhen is a fantastic fragrance, once you smell the original, you will start craving it more and more over Oud Zhen. Here's hoping that one day you and I can both get our hands on a full bottle of Oud Zen Ramsey!
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I think you should review and post what you want and the people will watch or they won’t. I am a fan of Areej, so I’ll watch them. It’s all subjective. Just review and post what feels right to you and everything else will sort itself out.
I pretty much feel the same... but i like bringing in feedback from the folks who watch 🙏
@@RamseytheRam I definitely understand. You do great work on this platform, so just do you.
Loving all the Areej review videos!! I have Oud zhen. Would really love to get some of the older releases.
Thank you Ajay ... Oud Zhen is a damn good perfume and I would be happy with either... but there is something to be said about having the first one isnt there 🤔
But rejoice and be glad you have the Oud Zhen Version.... now that you have some precious Russian Oud... do you see how Oud Zen could be a prototype for Russian Oud ?
@@RamseytheRam My thoughts exactly when I smelled Russian oud for the first time. It resembles oud zhen very much with Myrrh in the base. Oud zhen was definitely more smokey & much more oudy! Russian oud had that very balanced bitter & sweet combo from cacao.
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Sounds like a keeper
If you ever find a bottle hold on tight Andy 🫂
I have nothing against Areej and not too long ago I would have been able to have actually purchased one. However, I can no longer do that due to my present financial status and if I bought a bottle, I would have to fast for over a month.
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I completely understand... plus you have a ton of perfume to use and enjoy already ... thanks for watching 😇
Just a little tip, I rarely use 'new money' for fragrances and generate, purchasing funds by either picking up bottles undervalued and reselling them on selling sites and reinvesting the difference, or selling bottles in my collection I nolonger wear or interest me and you will be surprised the price vintage fragrances can command... even partial bottles if kept in good condition... also best to list items internationally as there can be big differences in price and availability country to country.
You are the master of that Andy 🤑
I would take oud zen as well over Ottoman Empire. And it’s not outrageous.
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Great minds Hari 🧠
@@RamseytheRam sad thing is I haven’t smelled either one. But the description that you gave has me leaning heavily towards oud zen.
I would love a Bortnikoff week, but you definitely need to try Triad before that! My favorite after Oud Maximus.
I have some bortnikoff samples I think Triad is amongst them 🤔
Oh yeah,I’ve got a bottle from the classic collection ,Zhen and from the get go I really enjoyed it over the whole classic collection. And yeah the Bortnikoff collaboration will be something to behold ,as of today 1st June a no buy in place till the release of the big 3 cheers Rams quite the poetic review there my man ✌️🙏👍
Appreciate that Bren .. same for me .. just waiting on the new Feel Ouds 😎
Thank you very much, it's very interesting to hear the breakdown of Adam's work.
I personally think the Areej week is cool (or Ensar), not sure if the Amouage month would be equally cool :D
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That would be a lot of Amouage... thanks for watching 😎
Areej Week!!! 🙌🙌🙌👏👏❤️❤️
I have loved every second of it... tomorrow Atlantic Ambergris 🐳🙂
After finding OE1, my hope To find more old ALD is revived, I have the second version of Oud Zen, for me is a upscale version of those smoke resinous fragrances with a huge amount of burning woods(basically the perfect oud bahkoor fragrance), People who enjoy Interlude have to give this DNA a chance.
100% agree! That incense smoke accord is amazing 💨
I wish I knew where I could buy some of these
Unfortunately since there were only 100 bottles of Oud Zen made for the whole world so you really just have to have a friend or check basenotes forms for other frags heads selling a bottle or breaking up a collection... happy hunting Andy 🏹
Oh ya
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