Just to clarify, Fragrantica purposely removed all the fragrances/brands that are considered “niché” but are owned by larger companies like LMVH and L’Oréal etc. This means no Parfums de Marly, Tom Ford Private Blend, Amouage, Creed or Maison Francis Kurkdjian, just to name a few. That’s why this list is missing a lot of the big names one would expect to be on there. They wanted it to be only true niche/independently owned brands. 👍🏻 To compare, the top 10 the previous year was: 1. Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille 2. MFK BR540 3. Tauer L’air Du Desert Marocain 4. Tom Ford Oud Wood 5. Creed Aventus 6. MFK Grand Soir 7. Parfums de Marly Layton 8. Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady 9. Amouage Interlude Man 10. Chanel Coromandel EDP So you can see it had a big effect, removing 8 of the top 10...
OK thank you for that clarification Bella W which explains a lot about the results for 2022. However, I'm not sure about the reasoning behind this result or its inherent logic or equity. Shouldn't the results simply reflect the Fragrantica community's favourite fragrances rather than rendering certain fragrance-houses ineligible because of their perceived size, corporate structure or financial reserves? Once you get into that level of "pre-filtering" results, then it becomes all about politics, power and partiality rather than passion, 'pong' and performance! Imagine if a well-respected motoring magazine, such as Evo (who have an annual competition to elect the 'Car of the Year') arbitrarily decided to exclude all BMW cars from the competition because BMW had far deeper coffers than say, Porsche or Jaguar Land Rover! There'd be a lynch-mob comprising car lovers and petrol-heads formed in an instant because such an exclusion criteria was ridiculous and more importantly, would almost certainly reach an erroneous, biased and iniquitous result! Dr. Nigel H Williams
I had no idea which brands are owned by which corporations, but just by sniffing and sampling the scents I *cancelled* brands such as PdM, MFK, Creed or Kilian, and especially Roja, because they smell crap, and are unfairly promoting their crap.
The thing is, these are Top 10 Niche, but I guarantee the designer list would do better when getting girls opinions. My niche collection is nearly hated by my colleagues and girlfriend. The only people that understand them are mostly other frag heads. My bank account prefers designer also
Dear Sir, love this... could you please do a best of british perfumery, italian & then french like in 3 separate videos... kinda like a trilogy, would be fun & informative as in perfume history 101... peace & love ❤️
Frags list from fragrantica never makes sense m8 I been trying to figure it put for years. We need a summer scent with ATH and you having another collab
I think Nishane scents are top quality to be honest. Same as what the votes say. I don’t know why some youtubers are sort of not loving it that much and would throw subtle negative comments towards the house. Maybe Nishane don’t give away as much free bottles as the rest? Idk
My thoughts exactly. I am now trying my 4th Nishane fragrance (Hacivat, Ani, Sultan and Wulong), and even though not all of them are my cup of tea, they all are absolute masterpieces, stunningly blended and lasting and projecting hours upon hours. For comparison I have Herod, it completely pales in comparison, it does not have even a half of the performance of Nishane freshies and it lasts barely a third of the time of Nishane Ani.
Interesting to see which ones are most popular there. I was actually really surprised to see that first Frederic Malle on there. I didn't think that one was very popular at all. I'd rather hear about your top ten niche fragrances of all time, actually. Here's something related. I've been keeping track of every fragrance recommended on every list video I've ever watch in the few years I've been watching fragrance videos on RU-vid. Here are the top 10 most recommended niche fragrances from the channels I subscribe to: 1. PDM Layton 2. Creed Green Irish Tweed 3. Roja Dove Creation E / Enigma 4. Creed Aventus 5. PDM Herod 6. Guerlain L'Homme Ideal EDP 7. Amouage Reflection Man 8. PDM Carlisle 9. Xerjoff Naxos 10. Creed Viking 11. (in case you don't count Guerlain as niche) Nishane Ani
When it comes to getting positive reactions out of people around you, this entire list would truly and overwhelmingly be dethroned by br540, Layton, Herod, pacific rock moss, Elysium, Nio, desir toxic, Naxos, falcon leather, tygar and Trajan. These are what niche perfumes people actually want to smell. They don’t give a shit about Andy tauer and his indiscernible uber-avant garde artsy creations. Cos when I wear them they tell me to get tf outta the car.
L'air Du Desert Marocain is not a very easy fragrance to wear. When I first bought it I thought I was about to be blown away because of how everyone raves about it. My nose wrinkled when I smelled this as I thought "This is what everyone loves so much???" After a year or so of developing my nose I have come back and I finally see what can be appealing about this fragrance, but I still don't think it's a dumb reach masterpiece that is going to get you loads of compliments.
@@CartyCantDance yea but then according to that logic why should there be a most popular? If they’re made to be uniqu, then popularity would defeat that purpose, no?
I had to come back to my initial statement and make a change. I sprayed LDDM on again, but this time it was magnificent!! I couldn't believe it. This is the single "biggest jump" in my fragrance journey from really hating it at first to finally being able to smell and enjoy the entire fragrance. What the hell changed??? It's amazing how I smelled the same bottle, everything, and hated it at first, but now it smells amazing, just as I thought it should have the first time I smelled it. I'm going to test this on family members and see if they got that initial reaction as I did when I first smelled this. LDDM was very, very dry and was not enjoyable. Now, I get this sweetness from it that was not to be found when I first tried it months ago. Incredible how our noses change, or "mature" as they put it. I'm really mind blown by this outcome...Almost freaked out in a way. Is everything I smell just a lie? Makes you wonder...
Some fragrances that I love at first I hated then my brain starts putting pieces together like an puzzle and then by the 5 time I spray them I love them specially niche fragrances I equate them to falling in love there’s love a first sight but then there’s getting to know the fragrance better and your brain starts making sense of the smell and you’ll fall in love.
@Jen Chin Layton has the better opening but I prefer the dry down of Carlisle and also get better longevity from it 🤩 both amazing though, which can be said for almost any PDM!
@Jen Chin probably Carlisle but it’s a try before you buy at the price point really. If you’re ever in London then Selfridges is a great place to try out PDMs at their counter. Layton is slightly more subtle and perhaps more easy for people to like, so that little bit safer. Having said that, I have noticed some people comment that it gives them a headache. I haven’t found that personally but have with Profondo & YSL Y EDP so some fragrances can certainly do that! Carlisle is one that if you’re fond of it you’re really going to love it. Quite heavy on the patchouli. For me it’s the better of the two.... I only own Layton but plan to get Carlisle.
Nishane Ani and Hacivat are amazingly good. You can also pick up a 3.4 oz tester bottle of both for about $120 us dollars. Most niche fragrances are way overpriced and not worth the price.
They do their voting with upvotes offset against downvotes or something like that. Their voting is way too easy to abuse though. If you went through the award winners, some no-name houses got in probably through manipulation. Didn't even need much in some categories - just 50 upvotes. As for the scents, Oud for Greatness - have it, I think this is fair to include in the top 10, even if it is recency bias. Hacivat - have it, I think the OG Aventus is better, but current Aventus sucks ass through a straw. Carnal Flower - haven't tried it, don't think it's top 10 though - just not popular enough, FM has more popular stuff. Ani - have it, top vanilla scent for most, it might be bordering top 10, but at #5 it's a bit much. Naxos - have it, basically a must have niche scent, very fair to include in top 5. Portrait of a Lady - don't have it, but I agree with this one since this is the popular women's Frederic Malle scent and it is tenured as well. Musc Ravageur - I hate this scent, but again, significant tenure and fair to include in top 10. Desert Marocain - haven't tried it, but I know it's very popular, fair for top 10, not sure about #1. Objectively, if you went based on how mainstream some scents are, the list should WITHOUT A DOUBT include Aventus, Layton, Baccarat Rouge, and maybe Reflection Man, Herod, Grand Soir, Elysium. I personally, again - trying to be objective here - would probably say the top 5 should be BR540, Layton, Aventus, Naxos, and Reflection Man. And this is much different than my personal top 5 which I think would currently be Alexandria II, Sultan, Nefs, Haltane, and Enclave.
To tell the truth, Nishane Hacıvat and Ani are 1 and 2.he should have been next.Incredible smells and overcoming many niche perfumes.Apr.The Nasomoratto company should have been on the list.The List is Hype.Lol
Also, not a single Creed, Amouge or Roja Dove! I mean, well done Frédéric Malle and Tauer for garnering so may likes but something wierd's going on here with a Fragrantica coterie, seemingly (to use horseracing metaphors!) either 'running in blinkers' or 'riding to instructions'.
The voting works by combining the upvotes and the downvotes for a total score. Upvotes are given more weight than downvotes (to try and prevent trolls having too much power), so the fragrance that has the highest upvotes usually wins unless it gets a lot of downvotes as well, which hurts its total score. For instance, Oud for Greatness has a few more upvotes (12) than Au Coeur du Desert, but also has a lot more downvotes (44) meaning it ends up lower overall. 👍🏻
Hello Chris 💪🏻 about Ani, it’s my favorite fragrance at this moment, there is something alluring about that wonderful vanilla with those green notes, fresh and sweet at the same time, it’s addictive imo. It’s like ambra calabria on steroids. Love your content as always. When you and mom return to Portugal (Lisbon), give me a call, will be a pleasure to show you in depth my home city. Obrigado and kind regards 💪🏻
Hi Chris another Quality review from you as usual, it’s funny as I only just got a 100 ml bottle of Hacivat in 2 days ago and I really don’t get the similarities between it and Aventus which I own. Maybe it’s just my nose I don’t know. Anyway keep on keeping on 😋♥️
A strange top 10. Not knocking any of them though. Love Ani and Hacivat. Musc Ravageur is one of my all-time favourites along with Naxos. Can't get my nose around the 2 Andy Tauer fragrances. I found both challenging to wear. Incidentally, I recently ordered a sample of Sundowner and loved it, so hope to get it at some stage. Initio Rehab and Argos Triumph of Bacchus would have to be in my Top 10 along with PdM Herod and Oajan. Oh and ATH Maverick too.
The problem with these lists is the fragrances are not categorised. It would be really good to have top 5’s or even top 3’s by season / work / social / date night
Thanks Chris! I have all but 2…I don’t have Portrait of a Lady or Cardinal flower which are both good but I’m not sure they should be on the list. These lists are all subjective anyway. There are many niche fragrances/houses that aren’t as known are better…including ATH.
Lol, what an arbitrary list of mostly meh to poor fragrances. Of course it's all subjective but minds and noses on Fragrantica (this is what this list is based on?) never cease to amuse me. I tried four Nishane fragrances and gave up on them as all four were poor. Hacivat starts out Aventus-like and quickly devolves into some weird, astringent, mesquite BBQ smelling thing. And yes, Aventus is an order of magnitude better and more accomplished that the Nishane failure. No Nishane should be on a list of top 10 niche fragrances ever. And this brings up another point: This and other such lists fall usually fall victim to recency bias. EVER goes beyond the scope of young minds or minds otherwise limited in scope. I have smelled two fairly good Frederic Malle fragrances, French Loverand Musc Ravageur. But as a Fougere lover Musc Ravageur is simply meh among the many I own. My MDCI Invasion Barbare, Penhaligon Sartorial, Penhaligon Tragedy of Lord George, and even designer Tom Ford Beau de Jour and probably Tom Ford Fougere D'Argent are more notable than Musc Ravageur. Fougere Nobile by Nobile 1942 is better. Houbigant Fougere Royale (2010) and Amouage Bracken Man are better fougeres than Musc Ravageur. Speaking of MDCI, Chypré Palatin is better than all on this list, in my opinion. I have and like Serge Lutens Chergui but I think Aramis Tobacco Reserve is a better sweet tobacco fragrance. Frederic Malle's Portrait of a Lady is a vastly overrated plasticky, artificial rose smelling mess. The only three on this list that should even be plausibly close is Naxos, Oud for Greatness and Chergui, and Naxos and maybe Oud for Greatness are serious contenders. I can name 4 or 5 Creeds that are better and more historically significant than all on this list. The fragrance I randomly smelled out of my collection this morning is better than all on this list - Floris Elite. If this was extracted out of Fragrantica ratings or "likes" or whatever, and Fragrantica represents the wisdom of crowds, I'm avoiding that crowd. Lol. Final point: fragrance appreciation is highly subjective and variable. These are my opinions. There is no need to be offended by any of this. If you think Nishane Hacivat is some kind of great fragrance, then two things - I pity you, but enjoy it anyway.
Umm... Aventus? Layton? Reflection Man? Cedrat Boise? Grand Soir? And these are just the ones off the top of my head that I own and firmly believe are more popular than most of the ones on the actual list. I'm sure there are a lot of others out there too.
This list is suspect as heck. Layton isn’t in this list? It’s like the low end niche list IMO. My number one would be F&M The Parfum by Roja or Amber Aoud, Diaghilev, Chypre Extraordinaire, Enigma. Anything from Roja?? Wow. Frederic Malle has a few good fragrances however none of them were mentioned in this list. The Moon or Promise should have been on that list (anything from the Desert Gem collection anyway).
Oud for greatness in top 10 niche of all time wowww that is so wrong. The oud in this fragrance smells like oud in Designers very chemical and far from the real deal. A very simple cheap made fragrances for a big big price absolutley not worth the money and does not fit this list. And Nichane Hachivat a clone of Aventus in top 10 niche of all time 😂😂😂😂😂😂
If Nasomatto's Pardon is so awesome, why is YSL M7 (Oud absolu) missing from everyone's lists? Pardon has clearly been influenced by it, and M7 is so much more diffusive.
Thanks for the video. Is there a big difference between Andy Tauer desert perfume other than a concentration.? Also, the list on Fragrantica is very subjective, many people just put Likes or Love and they Never smell it.
My No 1's are Interlude, Amouage and Oud Wood Intense TF. This fragrantica list is strange. I do not like Frédéric Male 😏 And I think the most popular of all times is BR540.
Dude I don't get why are you dissing Nishane in both of their entries. Their perfumes are the top of the line, not a mass market crap like Creed with most of their fragrances lasting two hours if you are lucky.
I don’t find Portrait of a Lady to be at all feminine with all the Patchuli in there. Off my skin I barely get any rose, just a beautiful Patchuli. Ani I think deserves to be in the list because it’s a nice light airy vanilla that is fresh and easy to wear.
Love the video Chris. The reason musc Ravageur placed higher with less votes than portrait of a lady is I'd say that you can down vote fragrances on the list too.
It’s a little bit wonky for me, I own many of these so know them well. But Nio would make the list for sure, you could also make a good case for Acqua di Palma Colonia, Herod, if we’re classing Creed as niche Royal Oud, G.I.T & yes Aventus.
Quite a surprising list, think it chops and changes a fair bit on fragrantica, tried portrait of a lady last week and wasn’t a fan for a mens fragrance. Even though Aventus is well known it’s still top 3 niche of all time, surely Layton and Green Irish Tweed should be in their also, top video Chris! 👍
Can everyone STOP hyping up Layton - It’s Complete TRASH and @£175 it’s a waste of money It’s a dressed up Mancera - Nothing more! Sickly, lasts too long and is not a patch on anything from Tom Ford
I enjyed the video! I only have two of these, Greatness and L'Air, and I would agree that both are top 10 for sure. Both were instant obsessions for me (female).
None of my top 10 made it there but 😔 😟 🙁 😥 1. Xerjoff Richwood 2. Kilian Black Phantom 3. Ormond Jayne Montabaco 4. Xerjoff Pikovaya Dama 5. Creed Royal Oud 6. Roja Diaghilev 7. Nicolai New York Intense 8. Kilian Angel's Share French Montana 9. Clive Christian E 10. Amouage Jubilation XXV man
Totally don't understand the hype over Oud for Greatness. It's okay - smells alright, but for the price. No way, no day. For $50 bucks, sure, but for $385... are you kidding me?
My number is Layton from Parfums de Marly. That fragrance is incredible! It has everything I want, beautiful notes, performance and it is super versatile :))
Grand Soir would have been on there (it was #6 last year), but they removed all the MFK fragrances since it is no longer and independently owned company. 👍🏻
Yes the number one Fragrance i have! And have not used any of that bottle!....And i correct myself when i say i am selling some of my collection!!!! because i can not- not have my Fragrances!!!!!!!
out of this list I don’t have Couer, Havivat, Portrait and carnal flower. Neither are styles of fragrances I gravitate towards. And I already have L’air so Coeur felt redundant. I think they’re all good and worthy to be there in light of the obvious omissions
Didn't it have something to do with likes vs dislikes? Perhaps the difference between the 2 had some part to play in the algorithm. Personally, I prefer the top lists on Parfumo (Perfume --> Top). They just seem to be more indicative of true popularity.
one would assume unisex fragrances have twice the demographic to vote for them; a contest like this would probably be better with a male and female category.
And where did CARLISLE and ENIGMA go? There is definitely no consistency among influencers who are really trying to make us consume more and more perfume. The situation is getting ridiculous! Fortunately, I'm not sufficiently influenced by them, otherwise I would already have a collection of a hundred perfumes today!
