Great vid. Thx! I think the home vids are very cosy, homey and autumnally appropriate! That Bathory sounds very intriguing! (And that lemon ginger tea!)
Please make another Avon video - people don’t know like they should. At one time they were top quality for less $$. Love that Signature bottle, it reminds me of the og Chanel Allure Homme. Great work as always, my friend.
I need to try Alford & Hoff, L'Insoumi, Bathory and Othello. Now I've gotta go watch/rewatch last year's vid... lots of goodies in there! My Autumn weather wears (no particular order): Brackish (bracken clone), Robert talbott, encre noire, encre noire a l'extreme, oud for glory, laudano nero, le 3e homme de caron, boucheron pour homme edt, Bentley intense, Layton, 1740, golden green, lonestar memories, Michael for men, Perry Ellis M, equus, saharian wind, yatagan, Jack of clubs, exclusif tabac, encens suave, oud malaki, wanted by night, Nero Oudh, legesi, caractere, declaration, no limit$, Thailand oud in Cairo, legend night, blackmail
L'insoumis is a steal at discounters. A great easy to wear fougère. I prefer my Tom Ford Beau De Jour and Fougère Platine, but that is a huuuge price jump.
Man, that’s what I’ve been saying about Akigalawood for years. I got tired of explaining it as you did (being a molecular distillation of patch, not to be confused with things like AmberXtreme etc) having been drowned out in my groups over bashing it and Bisch as the new boogeyman. Not that I love it, but it’s just another useful ingredient.
Yeah most reviewers generally know next to nothing about materials and composition, you would think that they might get interested in buying some oils instead of a next 10000 bottles haul but nope. I don't like heavy-handed akigalawood though, because (speaking of course only about my nose) it somehow manages paradoxically to smell weird futuristic and extremely boring at the same time
Akigalawood needs something smoother next to it, like actual patch oil, or vanilla, or tonka, or even oakmoss! That's why I think Explorer does it best.
I do like those dead flower fragrances you mentioned… Bathory is nice … I think vampires and Halloween. I save Kerosene Black Vines licorice for the day … black licorice and Red hots … it can burn skin I hear
I have a strange hunger for some heavy plum fragrance this autumn, Feminite du bois was a little too light and white musky but got me hooked, have some 1ml's on the way.
Going to Paris for a week in early November - just bought a 100ml tester of Givenchy Pi to take for the trip. Needed a cold weather fragrance and hey - it’s French. Apart from that I’m rocking Obsession this autumn and winter. It also matches well with the £2.50 Old Spice classic deodorant stick. I always thought Obsession was basically a very nice, premium version of Old Spice
I guess I’m disagreeing with the Rive Gauche/ fouger d argent comparison…. Not a crossroads , just an opinion 👍 the Tom ford is way more spicy … maybe the wood . I love rive gauche … big compliment getter .
1) never, ever be ashamed of drinking a Sam Adams Oktoberfest. The pride of Boston (okay, not really anymore, but it’s still decent). 2) that Alford & Hoff is quite nice and was eventually available for like $30. An early example of an investor-led perfume house that flamed out quickly. About 7 years too early and didn’t cash in on the influencer gang. 3) if you haven’t watched the new Penguin series, you gotta.
Love your reviews on Basenotes, they're the ones I always go to 👍🏼
Thanks so much.
Great vid. Thx! I think the home vids are very cosy, homey and autumnally appropriate! That Bathory sounds very intriguing! (And that lemon ginger tea!)
Thank you so much!
Please make another Avon video - people don’t know like they should. At one time they were top quality for less $$. Love that Signature bottle, it reminds me of the og Chanel Allure Homme. Great work as always, my friend.
Perhaps sometime soon
Toy 🧸 boy is an underrated designer, imo my wife hates when I wear rose 🌹 but likes it
Be wifeless like me
I need to try Alford & Hoff, L'Insoumi, Bathory and Othello. Now I've gotta go watch/rewatch last year's vid... lots of goodies in there! My Autumn weather wears (no particular order): Brackish (bracken clone), Robert talbott, encre noire, encre noire a l'extreme, oud for glory, laudano nero, le 3e homme de caron, boucheron pour homme edt, Bentley intense, Layton, 1740, golden green, lonestar memories, Michael for men, Perry Ellis M, equus, saharian wind, yatagan, Jack of clubs, exclusif tabac, encens suave, oud malaki, wanted by night, Nero Oudh, legesi, caractere, declaration, no limit$, Thailand oud in Cairo, legend night, blackmail
That's a lot!
I like akigalawood!
It's Akigalagood!!!
L'insoumis is a steal at discounters. A great easy to wear fougère. I prefer my Tom Ford Beau De Jour and Fougère Platine, but that is a huuuge price jump.
For the moment it is!
Man, that’s what I’ve been saying about Akigalawood for years. I got tired of explaining it as you did (being a molecular distillation of patch, not to be confused with things like AmberXtreme etc) having been drowned out in my groups over bashing it and Bisch as the new boogeyman. Not that I love it, but it’s just another useful ingredient.
Those kind of superstitious anti-intellectual types are also the most likely to be scammed by actual Bogeymen lmao
Yeah most reviewers generally know next to nothing about materials and composition, you would think that they might get interested in buying some oils instead of a next 10000 bottles haul but nope. I don't like heavy-handed akigalawood though, because (speaking of course only about my nose) it somehow manages paradoxically to smell weird futuristic and extremely boring at the same time
Akigalawood needs something smoother next to it, like actual patch oil, or vanilla, or tonka, or even oakmoss! That's why I think Explorer does it best.
I do like those dead flower fragrances you mentioned… Bathory is nice … I think vampires and Halloween. I save Kerosene Black Vines licorice for the day … black licorice and Red hots … it can burn skin I hear
Zino could also work
I have a strange hunger for some heavy plum fragrance this autumn, Feminite du bois was a little too light and white musky but got me hooked, have some 1ml's on the way.
Try the Michael
Going to Paris for a week in early November - just bought a 100ml tester of Givenchy Pi to take for the trip. Needed a cold weather fragrance and hey - it’s French. Apart from that I’m rocking Obsession this autumn and winter. It also matches well with the £2.50 Old Spice classic deodorant stick. I always thought Obsession was basically a very nice, premium version of Old Spice
I can see the OS and Obsession connection.
id wear bathory for halloween if i had it but figment man will have to suffice
Figment is good
Darren Alan’s Bathory is gorgeous. Thanks for the prompt to go dig out my bottle.
It's a heavy hitter for me
Nicely Done and informative D. Great Chris Walken impersonation lol bravo 👏🏻. Have a good one sir ✌️🙏👍
I do my best
@@Varanis_Ridari Walken is great in The Dead Zone and Sleepy Hollow, both classic movies for October and Halloween
Love them both.
I don’t have rive gauche anymore , too many compliments… true story
LMAO
I guess I’m disagreeing with the Rive Gauche/ fouger d argent comparison…. Not a crossroads , just an opinion 👍 the Tom ford is way more spicy … maybe the wood . I love rive gauche … big compliment getter .
I think shaving cream when i smell rive gauche but not so much when i smell fougere d'argent. Both are blatantly fougeres though.
It's all subjective.
Both are blatantly overpriced lol
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1) never, ever be ashamed of drinking a Sam Adams Oktoberfest. The pride of Boston (okay, not really anymore, but it’s still decent).
2) that Alford & Hoff is quite nice and was eventually available for like $30. An early example of an investor-led perfume house that flamed out quickly. About 7 years too early and didn’t cash in on the influencer gang.
3) if you haven’t watched the new Penguin series, you gotta.
I don't drink anymore but I remember the Sam Oktoberfest was quite good, better than the normal stuff, and even better on draft.
Hope you can still get it
One of my faves