I have a strange habit of blocking out anything that gets hyped up 😆, not just in fragcomm, really with anything. This review definitely has me really interested in this now though. I'm gonna try it at a store tomorrow
@@SeldomlyOften Yeah the tennis ball can description was very apt haha, it kinda smells like your in a facility of some sort surrounded by sterile metal machinery and equipment too. I tried the Extrait version as well and it's a denser version of the original with some sweetness.
@@legoguru3000 I never tried the Extrait because I think that Ganymede is very balanced as is. Also, B683, which is similar but denser, was not to my liking.
Makes me wonder how many of those people who say Ganymede smells like space have actually been in space to take a breath there 😂 I remember when I first smelled this one I got instantly goosebumps and it made me think of a cold, wet statue made of rock and minerals. Coincidentally, I ran into Bois Imperial and it made me think of Ganymede (I did not know they were both made by same perfumer), but seemed to be a lot more wearable. Overall, I like Ganymede, but I appreciate it more than I like it, therefore I do not own it and I'm not sure I ever will. Thank you for the review, Daniel. Mr Quentin has been pretty busy lately and I feel like he's cooking something new for Amouage. I like Guidance a lot, but it's not for me, personally. I hope he'll create more interesting stuff for Amouage, because I don't see Negrin going back to working with them.
@@andrei-cosmin.popa85 Negrin went on to do stuff for Thameen with his buddy. Guidance is really good and is super beastly but a little to fem for me. I like innovation so I applaud QB
I’ve been watching your videos lately and I have to say I really enjoy your content, you deserve more recognition with your frag knowledge and just how you speak on them. You’ve gained a new sub!! Plus, you are the one that helped me pull the trigger on Overture Man by Amouage and no regrets, best of luck to you!!
Great thoughtful vid. I’m still on the fence with this one. Working through a decant. Reminds me of trying to convince myself i loved Comme Des Garçons Odor 53 and the whole syntheic series like Gsrsge in the early 2000’s..
@@orosz4001 if you are on the fence, stay on the fence as long as you need I say! There is nothing wrong with evaluation, nothing worse than a bad purchase regret 👍
Interesting your observations match mine exactly. The scent dna is consistent across the brand. I smelled Tilia and described it to someone as the scent of a flower from outer space
This one is a beauty. Unique and intriguing. EDP is much more wearable than extrait. If you like unique and weird scents you should try Escentric Molecules Escentric 05. It’s perfect for summer and fully synthetic.
Bro i honestly thought neiman marcus sold me a fake bottle. I couldnt smell any of the notes on fragrantica. I was so pissed. Then I watchd ur review😂. Gave me peace of mind now. Its absomutely what u described. Synthetic, plastic, chemically artificial smell. Thnk u for ur honest review. Blind bought this btw. Would not recommend to blind buy but a cool bottle to add to the collection on the shelf.
Yes! the notes do not tell the whole story in so many cases. Often things are put together to give the impression of other stuff, you never can tell unless you smell directly.
I've really enjoyed these videos I find your content really interesting and have been binging your videos. Thanks for the real world perspective on your fragrance reviews, it really shows a new way to percieve and communicate how fragrances are through videos.
Great review, I just bought this fragrance two weeks ago, and wearing it to the office. And it’s really nice, been getting compliments and I really enjoy the longevity, I can smell it all day long😊 using 5-6 sprays. I’m currently testing the Encelade and I have to say I’m starting to like that one very much! Quite a linear fragrance, but it’s a very smooth sandalwood/vertiver scent in the drydown. The B683 was not my thing at first try! Maybe I try it again.
@@SeldomlyOften yes my thoughts as well, I was thinking of trying the Extrait version of B683, Currently testing wearing Ligno today from Jeroboam, very interesting scent.
very good breakdown, you have a gift for describing fragrances. I own this, and I do disagree with one thing you said. You said it's not sweet at all...to me it is a bit sweet. One question, how many sprays do you go?
@@danielb.1567 thanks for the comment! Sweetness is obviously relative, when you consider the trend of most modern fragrances being sweet vanilla bombs, Ganymede is quite dry. I usually go with 3-4 sprays 🙂
@@SeldomlyOften ahh, I see your point about today's sweet vanilla based frags. it gets boring after awhile. I work in close quarters with people so I go 2-3 max. Good to hear back from ya man, take care.
I just received a backup bottle of Ganymede even though i’m just 15ml in the first one. Love on the second sniff, exceptional and memorable scent. I don’t get the similarities with Bois Imperial though. Appreciate the content, keep it up.
@@SeldomlyOften no, this is my most riskly gamble. Dont have many oportunities to try It, dont have in any store with It over here. So, i will try the blind. Wish me lucky
@@leonardhok I bought it blind as well and I don't regret it lol this perfume is so cool i love it its so unique and i lt got me a lot of compliments. The video says it's smells very artificial but don't be afraid I think this is what it makes it so good. And the sillage oh boy that where Ganymede is really shining. It's smells so airy and dry and kinda fresh in the air just beautiful. It smells like robo breath haha but in a good way. I really hope u get your Ganymede soon and maybe answer in the comment section if u like it im very interested and I would make me happy
Well, yes. Air conditioning, brand new car seats and some sort of "computer smell". So in a way a space station filled with processed air, plastic and synthetic leather is not such a far fetched association. Funny, that on the first try it smelled to me like BR540 mixed with Oud Minerale. No idea why, I guess there is this sort of airy saffron sweetness I get from it. Odd thing. I really enjoyed watching reviews you posted - stay critical please, it is hard to find creators that are not unnaturally excited about every single fragrance they present.
When I first smelled this one, it instantly reminded me of a smell I knew from when I was a kid. My mother worked at pharmacy and she used to wear very simple white flower perfume (maybe lilly of the valley or something like than, small, tender, nice). And I used to go to her work and this is perfume is exactly what I remember from those visits - almost dentist-like cleanliness combined with some nice little white flowers.
@@SeldomlyOften Well to my (untrained) nose, this perfume has 2 almost equally present parts - one is the spacey, technical, dentist wibe and the other is the gentle flowery (though not sweet at all) part. I cannot pinpoint, which flowers are those, as I originally thought it could be lilly of the valley, but it's not mentioned in the notes.. Anyway, I agree it is very unique a little bit strange, but totally wearable scent
@@ickis123 I’m absolutely not questioning what anyone smells in their fragrances, it actually really inspires me to go back in and trying to catch stuff I might have missed 😍
My first “niche”. Once I smelled it, I fell down the rabbit hole. drydown is very spicy/saffron forward for me, but I love it. After a year or so into my fragrance journey I started less appreciating the heavy Ambroxan/ISO-E super, but still in my top 5.
Btw, I am really waiting for you to review the Amouage lyric. I am rarely buying fragrances to keep my collection under the 20 mark. Really close to blind buying it and since I truly appreciate and love your fragrance view, I know it will be my last decision factor 😂 Great vid as always 👑👑
Very interesting descriptions. Along with FK's BR540, it's definitely a scent that paved the way for strange and ineffably synthetic concoctions to become popular in the mainstream. Quentin and FK are still the masters, although Duchaufour and Ropion are slowly getting there.
Ah man 😅 I can't do this one at all. I need to accept I can't do cumin I associate it with body odor and can't get past it. Closest to enjoying a cumin fragrance was Overture Man but it still feels a bit off. Ganymede is the worse offender because I get a metallic smell with cumin it's honestly the fragrance I like the least of all I've tried. It makes me nauseous. I get metallic taco seasoning with chlorine and body odor. Great review! I know a lot of people love this one.
@@CgScents I actually think the cumin is pretty well masked in this because of all the synthetics. Crazy how you can tolerate Overture, that is old man armpit 100%
@@JasonHethcox-yy4up never got any compliment but I agree, it’s pretty potent. Also it’s a type of smell that really sticks around, especially on clothes.
One synthetic fragrance that really works for me is Fantomas from Nasomatto. I think that one is truly a masterpiece with its strange combination of sweet fruity notes paired with smoky and plastic-y accords. I would be curious what you think about that one.
@@ayywolf I went through a sample. I like it a lot but it was definitely a strange one. Fantomas is a specific old school comic book villain in Italy with a gimmick that he could not be catched. Gualtieri’s take on this was supposed to be that the notes ‘evade’ you in a similar way. I need more tries but it’s pretty cool 😎
great review! yeah this scent is truly interesting. i never got the full bottle but it really is a shining example of perfumery still going strong.. quentin bish and jacques cavallier-belletrud often get a lot of hate from nerds, but some of their scents really changed the game. id be curious to hear your opinion on bvlgari tygar and its derivatives such as the hedonist by ex nihilo, rosso pompei by TT, vibrato by sospiro, and maybe even turathi blue. although it could be considered generic, i love this DNA and the hedonist is my personal fav out of the bunch. would be interesting to compare them and get your opinion on this dna.
@@johannesorth9370 yes, some people are stuck in a traditional mindset and although there is beauty in preservation there also has to be innovation. I’m not a super fan of the Tygar DNA, I tried just the Sospiro and found it pretty simple. It’s good but didn’t blow me away; might be a slow burner that needs more wears 🙂
@@SeldomlyOften try "the hedonist" - its much better than all other options (i did not buy vibrato or tygar for example). there is something romantic about the hedonist, that the others do not have. cubaknow got goosebumps when first smelling it, and i get why... it really got a special energy to it.
It's funny, because what you described in your video happened to me. I wore it one day at the office. Before walking into the office, which is an open-space, I wondered how my colleagues would react, because I, unintentionally, went a bit heavy on the trigger. No funny faces, they even told me I smelt good 😅I was surprised. But my male colleagues asked me if I stole my boyfriend's fragrance, even though they knew the range of my fragrances' palette is never too wide 😀 As always, thanks for this review 🙂
I love Ganymede very much. To me it smells nostalgic. Reminds me of something I smelled as child. My nose interprets Ganymede as dried florals, I don't get synthetic weirdness :)
@@niklaus009 yes, that and the smell of the synthetic velvet seats on buses. Weird thing is that this perfume sort of smells like that but doesn’t get me nauseous.
