Amouage Relfection Man (2007) vs Reflection 45 (2021) Comparison Video  

I'm looking forward to your comparison videos all the time. Your Enigma comparison video is the best. Very excited to see the comparison for Amouage Reflection man! I hope you will do Jubilation 25 vs Jubilation 40 in the future. Cheers!

I've always overlooked these two but after this review, I have to get myself samples of both! Thanks you for the detailed comparison. R 45 sounds like something I would love!

I’m in love with reflection 45!! I find it layers beautifully with citrus aromatics . Wow wow. I love the way you interpret reflection man . Everything I agree with it literally smells how the bottle looks, I like to say it smells clear but you took it to another level with your description love it !

I really dislike the original Reflection. To me, it is one of the most uninteresting Amouage releases in a way that it smells very typical and sporty to my nose. But Relfection 45 was an instant love for me that I had to purchase a full bottle. 45 is richer, denser and while it hits many of the same notes as the original, it projects in such a gorgeous and atmospheric way that it feels as if the scent is literally enveloping you in its warm purple cloud. I adore the cardamom+benzoin combination in the opening as well. This Extrait release gives me hope that the new Jubilation 40 could also be great. Also, have you checked out the 500 bottle limited release version of the original formulation Gold Man in the vintage presentation bottle design? That one is said to be an extrait as well(OG was EDT) and rumored to be Oman only release since it contains some un-IFRA-friendly ingredients. Thank you for your valuable opinions as always!

Great video Ramsey. Please do the Interlude comparison next :) I think (I53 and IOG) are almost identical but would love to hear your take on it. Cheers!

Awesome video as always🎉

I can't wait for your review and comparison of interlude and its flankers. Also a review of jubilation and a comparison to jubilation 40 when it comes out would be amazing!

Love Reflection man!! Samples Reflection 45 which was very similar but need to try it on skin.

great review

Only own the OG, great grab for any occasion. Personally tends to be when I actually care to avoid insulting anyone with my fragrance... or my wife gets to choose. Would absolutely swap for R45 though, but agree regarding price etc. Hope to see more of these comparisons. Great stuff, man!

love that you did this video dude. i really enjoy 45 as well as the original. i like to say the o.g. is powdery, but the 45 is like old school talc, super thick end of the powdery scale where it feels like an extension of the resins and incense ingredients. then theres also the florals...its really something that begs to be analyzed carefully in my opinion. i honestly get some skank in it though, its like really carefully slightly dirty (maybe animalic?). to me its a dirty jasmine thing. thank you for another good one man!

Aha 😉 Glad you like the 45 Version as well. It's soooo smooth to wear.

Cheers Rams enjoyed this one, I enjoy my OG bottles from Amouage for sure and was quite proud of my collection,now with The amped up oil versions I kinda feel deflated lol, however with their price point and such I’m not taking the bait , similar but different?? Is it as different and as far apart as the pricing on these bigger oil content flankers hahaha. Anyways, I wonder if the intend to run both in their line up or retire the OG bottles ??,who knows ,cheers nicely done ✌️🙏👍

This has gotta be interesting Thank you

I loved Reflection Man when I got into this amazing passion, but now my taste has changed after my nose started to gain more experience. At the moment, it's not even in my top 10 Amouage fragrances, but I still find this a classy, signature scent-worthy perfume. I prefer the 45 honestly, but it's so expensive for what it has to offer IMO. Yes, it's beautiful, refined, and probably the best extrait from the bunch, but I think I have better options at that price. Cheers, Ram!

I have both of these. So similar yet so different

I keep trying and wanting to love my decant, but I'm not sure it will ever be bottle worthy to me until I start earning more. Because that bottle is so damn awesome looking I def want it. Though I will say fate man and portrayal man bottles are about as awesome. I haven't tried NEAR as many fragrances as you have... But I will say that the fragrance i sniffed that gave me what I wanted from reflection 45 was Carved Oud by thameen, which I instantly bought. It is powdery, woody and balsamic and fresh as hell while having a lot of depth and smelling extremely natural. The rooty earthy aspects of 45 with the low projection and just not usually hitting right for me make it a no go at present, but maybe I will come around later. So many amouages I pulled the trigger on a couple years after dismissing.

I used to love this one years ago but the enthusiasm has waned some. I recently picked up Tauer L'Air Suisse Alps and that one is a bit more interesting to me and I've been wearing that.

Went in to get a travel size TOBACCO VANILLE… like the projection of MUSC RAVAGEUR more… and then!!! I smelled ROYAL TOBACCO… now I might have to get that

You better believe I want your take on Jubilation 40. I know Chris from Frag-Mental really likes this one. But always keep an open mind! Something I'm still working on with nearly 5,000 releases a year. 😵

Great video Rams. Hey are you attending scentxplore by chance? Just curious because I would love to meet up. I’m not sure if I’m attending as of yet. I have been doing the virtual one since day one. I would love to attend in person. If you were going I would go. Let me know.

I believe the bitter orange leaves is another word for petitgrain.

I prefer the og reflection, for what it's supposed to do it does it splendidly in my opinion..if i wanted a resinous scent id lean towards interlude or something else.

So if you like the dna or own a bottllle of the original you can take a nice decant of the 45 for special ocasions enjoy both not braking the bank 😊 Nice one Ram!

I wouldn’t say 45 is better in the sense of it’s a better version but I do prefer it more than the OG. It’s my favorite of the Extraits and I paid $245 for it. So that helps.

This is crazy, it seems you have a video on each topic I am looking up… 🌞

The original Reflection Man in the Khanjar bottle is less sweet, drier and more herbal than Reflection Man with the non-magnetic cap. I think the notes towards the end of your review refer to Amouage's description of Reflection Man in the Khanjar bottle. When Amouage moved to the rectangle bottles, the formulation was sweetened and the edges rounded. If you have the inclination decant some Amouage Reflection Man EDP, add a few drops of Indian sandalwood oil and give it some time for maturation. It brings out the sweetness of the jasmine, smoothens the composition, and transforms it into a silver silk-like fragrance. It took me a few years to appreciate the beauty of Reflection Man.

Yeeeyyyyy !!!! You like led it 😂 really 🖤🔥 Thank you for your honest review 🫶🏼 I do love it 🖤 And price $250 is not bad at all , no way I pay $500 🤦🏻‍♀️

Reflection 45 is a masterpiece in my collection. The longevity is crazy, lasting 18 hours. The projection is soft, powdery, and vanillic, which is something I love about 45. If someone asked me to show them my highest quality fragrance, it would be Reflection 45.

The windex reference was spot on. No pun intended 🤣

for me 45 smells like Man without the opening and a bit more ... nutty? I have Reflection Man, if I ever run out, I might buy 45 instead, but no need to upgrade or have both imo

I’ve tried Reflection man and found it too powdery. Never tried RM 45 because I was turned off by the regular one.

Have to admit reflection man is my least favorite Amouage. But I am intrigued after what you said about reflection 45.

Many say the OG literally smells like a reflection. Is this also the case for the new one?

The florals in reflection man , make the original a better wear

Oh my goodness

My second time of watching this video in the last 12 hours. Whilst watching this video for the first time, I thought I ain't seen my Reflection Man bottle in a sec. So my SOTD is Reflection Man from the late 2000s. In as much as I like Reflection Man, but it is my least favourite out of the dozen bottles I've got left from Amouage. It always reminds me of La Fleur du Male JPG, which I absolutely don't take a liking to, and a bit of Cristobal Pour Homme, which I prefer to JPG. As for the newer Amouages, I ain't buying shit. Ain't falling for this bs no more. From the niche side of things, Creed, Amouage and Clive Christian were the houses I collected most from in the late 90s and early 2000s. So fuck 'em. Thanks to Ramsey I've gone strictly Vintage and artisans. Or even some so called no name houses. All I care about these days is the Parfumeur (the nose). If I see a Bertrand Duchaufour or a Dominique Ropion or a Pierre Bourdon to mention a few great noses, on a no name house, I'm more inclined to such things than any bs these days coming from Creed or Amouage. Great review as always Ram. Regards from good ol Germany 👊🏾. Please like this video, share or subscribe. Let us do that for Ram, he's a gem in this sphere.

The guy that writes the amouage descriptions should write a romance novel.

I very much like reflection Man. I got a sample from Reflection 45 and i was let down. The opening smells fanstastic but the dry down smells like an oid paint which i don't lke at all. Chong's Era cannot be revived anything the new will do.

I like how Ram tells you its femine thanks for the truth or at least unisex .. Im a single guy i cant go around smelling like flowers , that doesnt mean i dont like the smell ... Just like the truth

4:00. Maybe a This is not a TOP 10 JASMINE" ?

does that mean he did not wash his hand for that loooong? lmao

Reflection is a perfume that makes me feel like a whore every time I wear it😂😂 I prefer Beloved or Dia Man