I love Tony Iommi fragrance, it’s one of my best discoveries last year. My hubby is also a huge fan of the musician and was the one who encouraged me to get a sample when it first came out
I LOVE pairing Ivory route with gris charnel edp and bianco latte. Smells DEVINE!!! Smells like a spiced chai latte. A must try if you have the fragrances.
Hello Jax! New to your channel! I marathoned your past videos yesterday. 😊😁Love your makeup! I’m the same, I only want “loves” in my collection but I wanna be able to try everything. Erba Pura and Ivory Route are both in my collection. ♥️♥️♥️
Hello Jackie, you did a great job describing these fragrances. I have heard some rave reviews about most of these niche favourites. I like to hear a variety of opinions on things before I sample because tastes can be so varied person to person. Some reviews have called Ivory Route a spicy Vanilla. I love the smell and taste of Basil, so I am curious about the combination. Leather notes are often too strong on my skin because they get amped up. The idea of Passion Fruit makes me curious about the Tony Iomi, but I have the feeling the leather would make it too masculine for me. I am not a lover of clean musks that smell like laundry soap. The Initio Musk Therapy smells like it has a touch of a vanilla note and it has some sweetness. It would be one of the only ones I have smelled that I might consider purchasing if it wasn't prohibitively expensive. I have noticed this musk smell in a number of the Initio fragrances and it's sister house Parfum de Marley. I feel the same way about coffee fragrances. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the fragrances your testing. - Jenn
Oh, I also love Musk Therapy, but more on females … that’s why I gifted it to my wife … but I also wear it every now & then. Such a feel-good scent. And Xerjoff is one of my favorite brands. Naxos was my first Xerjoff love. Recently bought a bottle of Torino 21. Great in warmer months and to the office. And I didn’t like Erba Pura either. Just too much for my nose. Too fruity, almost rotten fruits as you said. As I love boozy & smoky scents, I recently ordered a Toni Iommi sample. Looking forward. 🤨 All the best, from Germany.
I love Musk Therapy, but not at full retail price. Lol I love Xerjoff fragrances, and most of mine are successful blind buys. I just got La Capitale, but that one I knew I better test first before buying. Leather is not a love for me, so I have to be careful with that note. La Capitale is amazing. I want to try Ivory Route & K’Bridge Club (no blind buying those). You gotta get your nose on Starlight. 😊
I don't like Erba Pura either. It's too much of everything like Kayali's Invite Only, although they're two totally different types of fragrance. It's unrefined, flashy, and loud, for people who are exactly that. Many compare this to God of Fire, but GoF is truly amazing: smooth, like olfactory therapy with all those wonderful fruity notes deepened with the wood and oud. Too bad it's winter still, but come summer I will be wearing this a lot!
Hi Jackie, I loved the video. I am probably one of the few that love Erba Pura. On my skin the fruits dominate and are very juicy in nature, not ripe at all. It’s a compliment getter for me.724 is very nice but it has no staying power on my skin, even with exfoliation and moisturizing. I love Musk Therapy, a very unique perfume. Thameens Peregrina is divine. My favorite in this list. I just tried Jus Box Sirens and Sailors. Have you tried it and if so do you like it. I’ve discovered ambergris is not a note that I enjoy in my scent profile, it’s so sweet and cloying. I couldn’t wait to get it off my skin! Ivory Route is another favorite of mine as well. After listening to your assessment of Tommi Iomme ( I think I spelled this wrong) I think I will pass on this. Again, really enjoyed your thoughts!
So fun hearing your thoughts on these fragrances! 😊 Erba Pura was a huge no for me too. It’s a super loud, fruity molecular scent and I agree it smells like a hot mess! 😝 I don’t even like touching my sample because if any of the juice gets on my fingers, the smell will stay on my skin all day 😫
From afar, yes. But it’s sickeningly sweet and headache inducing, I had it and tried my hardest to love and it was a hell no for me. If it wasn’t that sweet, it would’ve been perfect. It’s like they took 3 bags of white sugar, mix it lemon and some marshmallow. Then they put it in that small bottle, I always warn people to stay away from it. If they can take the sweetnesses, have at it.
@sofihelm I have both. MB Signature smelled like baby formula, sour milk spit up. Musk Therapy is beautiful on my skin though, and one of my top favs. Def proves how peoples skin chemistry makes a fragrance go a certain way than others. I wish MB worked for me because the price was perfect!
Did you try Akro Dark? Wow, that one is just gorgeous if you love dark chocolate but don't want sickly sweet. Really unisex, I'd love to smell it on a man too, grrr! 😋
You shouldn't judge a fragrance like Ivory Route based on paper. It needs to be on skin.And it's one terrific fragrance. The dry-down is fabulous. I get no tobacco, but I sure get an herbal vanilla. Ivory Route is something of a bargain too, compared with other offerings in the Xejoff lineup. My other favourite, Richwood is more than twice the price of IR. Fragrance is a lot like wine in this man's opinion - the secret is finding the bargains. Any fool can spend a lot of money on things like Creed and Fragrance du Bois. I highly recommend a good look at Guerlain, who offer some terrific scents at reasonable prices. Heritage and Terracotta spring to mind. Both can be had in 100 ml. bottles for around a C-note.
LOL erba pura, I tried the dupe, it wasn't for me, in fact the drydown was sickening. It put me off trying erba pura. I am guessing my opinion would be similar to yours with it.
Yes to Tony Iommi! Emy loves it so I ordered a sample and my son thought it was absolutely fantastic. I ordered him a full bottle as a gift and he was so thrilled. It really is an incredible scent and I know he is so happy to have it in his collection.
Xerjoff is a fantastic house and picking an absolute favorite, to a fragrance enthusiast, a near impossible task. However, amber star and star musk are amazing. This is a musk that projects and lingers but you’re going to pay for it!! Musk Therapy contrast, while I also find it divine, is a tea centered scent….and again, I’m not mad about it! You can also get it on Jomashop for $150 from time to time. Lately I’ve been delving into smaller houses--Aaron Terrence Hughes, Vivamor, Aromas de Salazar, etc. I’m a believer that great fragrances can come from anywhere and behind passion, some may also have talent. Loved the video! Less blind buying in 2023 and more sampling first for sure!
I need to try Peregrina! Same experience with Ivory Route❤ and Erba Pura😝. Try wearing Awake in the morning and layering it with Vanilla 28, it might change your mind!
I want to start off to let you know that Lucky Scent had Initio perfume on sale at a big discount. Musk therapy is absolutely beautiful, as well as Paragon. One you might like to try is from Byron, Green Butterfly, which I know you don’t like green notes and neither do I but that blend is beautiful, as well as their Mula Mula.
Ivory Route really is so addictive 😍 Awake is a very literal coffee fragrance and it does smell like one spilled coffee on themselves 😂🤣😅 I really appreciate the zestiness from the lemon note in it. Loved hearing your thoughts on all of these fragrances! ❤️😍🥰
I need to try Peregrina! Same experience with Ivory Route❤ and Erba Pura😝. Try wearing Awake in the morning and layering it with Vanilla 28, it might change your mind!
Xerjoff is really overrated for me. Every time I smell one I'm like "oh I've smelled this before, what is it." And there's always a strong correlation to something else I've smelled. Especially in the dry downs. Good though their fragrances are soooo expensive.
It’s definitely good for your wallet that you feel that way! Lol 😆 unfortunately for me, I’ve been loving a lot of Xerjoff lately, and that is not so good for my wallet. 😉
Hi Jackie love your channel, I’m also in sc, love the beach go there all the time, just wondering would we know the band your husband was in? I’m a big fan of metal bands
I’m a big beach person too! My husband was in a local band a long time ago in California. He was pretty young at the time. But he still love guitars and metal! Lol 😆
Hello this is Latonya love your Channel love when you do videos like this so happy that you found something for your husband that he likes I have to get a sample of it for my boyfriend I have not tested anything yet when I do I'll let you know when you come back on I just ran out of Flower Bomb just got another one a big bottle of it I just love my Flower Bomb
New subbie here! I actually blind bought Initio's new one "Paragon" and Thameen's "Blue Heart". I LOVE THEM BOTH! Paragon is herbal, fruity, sandalwood & gorgeous despite me having a short tolerance for herbal. Blue Heart is beautiful & during the summer I had to stop myself from wearing it as I received compliments every time! I'm a blind buy pro at this point however I want to test a little more this year as I live in the D.C. area & can go find the majority of these fragrances. I also buy expensive fragrances from Selfridges and Harrods as they are so much cheaper & Selfridges has a program where you pay $50 for shipping for the year! The new Tom Ford "Smoked Cherry" is $285 so I'm waiting for them to get "Electric Cherry" to buy both!
Hey Jackie, I used to be in a 🎸 rock band myself🤘 In fact, it's how I met my husband, I tried out for his band and ended up joining it. I love all heavy/classic rock and we have guitars still too so I really appreciated you sharing that story!🤘I just got into fragrances and do RU-vid as well and I'm so happy I found you! I love your channel! 🥰 I now have a great gift idea for hubby!
@@jaxbeautifulyou i definitely recommend! It’s light and beautiful rose vanilla musk, it’s definitely getting more hype now then when it first came out. I bought the big bottle as a blind buy because of the notes and I’m obsessed with it! Great signature scent and definitely can be all year round scent. Once you go sample it please review it and let me know your thoughts! Cause if it ends up being a love for you I wanna be responsible for you loving it lol 😂
I’ve been trying so many coffee perfumes lately and I have found as well that I don’t want to smell like burnt beans lol 😂 my favorite still remains…. Black Opium extreme ❤️