Hi, I am AC. I absolutely adore fragrances and I created this channel to share my passion with you. On this channel you will find full fragrance reviews, top 10 lists and howto guides. I believe fragrances can elevate your emotional well being and they form a crucial part of who you are, and how you feel, they certainly do it for me - AC.
Zino is amazing value for money. But speaking of Gucci PH, have you ever tried Papyrus Oud 71? Apparently it's the same juice according to the son of Michel Almirac.
Sad that in this day it takes balls to post a fragrance video like this. This is a man that cannot be bought. What we come to RU-vid for. Great video. Also yes Viking cologne is awful
I just got this in the same bottle as yours. I originally got the original bottle over 10 years ago but Im not sure if that one was an edt. This one is edp and i percieve it to be a little more powdery and less sweet. Still similar enough. I'm glad to have it in my collection.
Marvellous review, as usual Sir👍👍 Loved it 100%👌👌 Looks like Zino is a great perfume and one that is worthy of having it in collection. However, owning Tom Ford's Beau de Jour, (a perfume loved dearly by me), would it be redundant to buy Zino Davidoff Sir? I am looking forward to your opinion on this Sir, thank you🙏
When I had covid, my sense of smell was gone. But when it slowly came back, it was different in the beginning - Oud Wood smelled EXACTLY like Zino. I guess they share the lion share of chemicals, with minor diffetences that I couldn't smell back then. Anyway, Zino is too designer-ish for me. BdJ and even OW are as well. Oud Wood Perfum is good though.
I bought it just because of you! yes, price for quality is amazing, any lavender lover must have it. Yes' a little synthetic, and not long lasting as some niche perfumes, but it is a classic fougere.
Ot took me years to buy this one as well. Every time i tested it on paper it xame across so medicinal to me. But the beauty is in the dry down on your skin.❤ it is a very complex scent, but not blue.
I smelled a new bottle of Zino off the shelf in a local pharmacy recently… I love all kinds of vintage stuff but this just didn’t do it for me, unfortunately. I wish that it had, because it was only 20 bucks for 125 ml. Maybe it just needed some maceration? But AC, please do a review of Van Gils “Strictly for Men” (or Van Gils “For Men”)… if you can find either one where you are… I think your viewers would really enjoy them (and you too)!
Hey AC. Over the three years or so I've followed you, I've noticed that we have quite similar tastes in men's perfumery. Would really like to hear your opinion on Lalique Pour Homme (lion's head bottle, not horse head bottle). It was a complete blind buy for 2 years ago, and I've been completely bowled over by it til now. I've a feeling you might like it too.
Hai troppa roba vecchia, compra qualche profumo più attuale, questo è vecchio e riformulato 1000 volte. Non servono queste recensioni, servono cose nuoveee
Great review AC… it is another case of « old is gold » situation. My mental image for this perfume is that a ride a gentle walk through dusty country roads on an early autumn day after a trip to the barbershop.
Great review, AC, thank you! This fragrance is truly amazing and unique. I especially love the dark, intriguing edge it has, which sets it apart from other scents. On top of that, the performance on my skin is pretty good, lasting several hours and projecting just the right amount without being overpowering. It’s definitely a standout in my collection.
Thrilled when i saw your video up on this fragrance. I was going to purchase this yesterday, but wanted to research this more as this will be a blind-buy for me. Thank you
Great review as usual AC. I remember you mentioning about Bois des isles in a video, something regarding the sandalwood note. Would love to hear your thoughts in a full video.. ❤️
I discovered this jewel way back in the winter of 1993 while walking around Manhattan and browsing the shops one evening after high school. I'd walked from The Plaza hotel south down 5th avenue while listening to Sade on my walkman. Between the beauty of the snow, the lovely fragrance of nightlife in NYC and the stunning vocals of Sade...I was in a waking dream. I don't remember which shop it was that I found this gem of a fragrance...but it was across from the Rockefeller Center Rink...and there was a model train set in the window that caught my eye and drew me to the store. Initially, I went inside to look at the model train set closer, but upon going through the rotating door...a scent hit me... This earthy...woody...sweet...vanillic....creamy scent... Utterly smitten and completely distracted...i followed my nose. It led me to the fragrance counter...and in spite of all the other fragrances there, I could smell only one. Like a siren song...calling to me...I had to find it!!!! I got the attention of the sales associate and asked her..."What is that amazing scent? The woody vanilla one...I swear I smelled it on someone walking past me out the door!!!" She giggled and said "Oh, Zino? Thats what you must be smelling darling...come with me!". She led me to the rearward fragrance counter and retrieved the small tester bottle of "Davidoff - Zino". I don't know if it was my excitement...her bewitching eyes and that sultry smile...or the thought of the fragrance... But I let her spray the back of my hand with the tester bottle...something I never let ANYONE do. And for what felt like 15 minutes....time stopped. I had taken off my Sony MDR headphones and stopped the "Sade - Kiss of life/Room 55" cassette-single long ago...but I could still hear it just the same. That sultry saxophone and hammond organ playing me into an absolutely comforting and bewilderingly relaxed state of mind. Every note of "Zino" filling my senses and taking me someplace I'd never been before within the fragrantic realm. Before "Zino"...there was only "Avon - Black Suede". I did not know what a real fragrance was...could be...could feel like...could inspire...I was a virgin. Zino was the woman that made a man out of me that night...it took my purity and gave me something back that no other had before and no other has since. I could hear a womans voice calling to me in the distance...getting louder...Stuart Mathewman, play that sax louder...I can't hear you.... "Sir...are you okay honey? I think we lost you there for a minute" I shook my head and looked around...I was in the store...still...and this sales associate with the eyes and the smile...yes...now I remember...ZINO! I immediately asked "How much for a bottle of the Zino!?!" I must have looked like a stark raving madman to the sales associate because the look she returned said "Run". I calmed down and tried to compose my self and let her know that I loved everything about the fragrance and that I must have a bottle. She replied nervously "I'm so glad you like it honey, the large bottle is $110, the small bottle is $60" I had $70 left on me in cash...I thought to myself.... *I could sneak, steal and connive my way back home or into the arms of some lonely older woman if I needed to...just long enough to get me and my bottle of "Zino" back out of Manhattan in the next day or so* I looked the sales associate in the eyes and handed her the $70 with a wry smile....and prepared for a long journey out of Manhattan and back to The Bronx... Come hell or high water....with my bottle of "Zino".
Thank you. At the end of the drydown-sometimes in the morning-Zino gives me its most attractive scent of all...my favorite among my collection. Its a soft sweet rose patchouli sandalwood skin scent. Whatever is serious about it is gone. Regarding projection, my partner is aroused from far away every time I spray it on. "Did you spray perfume?", she'd ask, concluding, "It's too much." Greater in silage, perhaps, but could projection not be individual?
Great review. Love your enthusiasm! I wore this in high school when it first came out. Recently bought a new bottle, and it smells exactly as I remembered it. So, so good even after all these years. I get much better performance than you report, but that is very personal and somewhat subjective. I honestly have to be careful not to over spray!
AC!! What a blockbuster this one is buddy! This starts off like Jackie Shroff in the 90s...rough around the edges and unapologetically brawn. Settles down into the Jackie we know today...chic and charming. In my opinion Beau de jour also becomes sweeter following today's trend while Zino stays true to its herbal woody persona. But MOST of all...Zino is sooo frekin addictive! It's like the ring calling Gollum in LOTR 😂. I also get that serious ADP Essenza vibe for a hot minute.
What an amazing scent AC, epitome Fragrances For man. Congratulations brother For real you nailed it by your review. I wish you doing well, best regards from the atlantic Ocean, going south.
Davidoff has some good products and yes I agree when you smell a fragrance that is so good it blows you away! That’s how I feel about gucci guilty absolute
I have issues with that moron, Rousseau but agree with him in this case. Another succinct quote I need to memorize. PS I had Zino but it smells like a stack of syrupy pancakes. One of the few "barbershops" I really couldn't enjoy. SOTD Santos
Zino is beautiful. Really a fragrance that stands the past of time in complexity and composition. It's still one of my favorites, pure for this wonderful composition. Thank you AC for bringing this beautiful classic to attention. It should be in everyone's collection.
