Kerosene Followed is an absolute monster. My friend could smell me from the other side of his apartment BEFORE i even rang the bell. I can simply hold the bottle and small specks from previous sprays gets on my hands and it doens't even wash of with scented soap.
Br540 smells good but it’s too much a victim of its own success it’s now too common and copied. What once smelled exclusive now smells like every chick passing by. Social media ruined it
Layton definitely ovverrated and smells overly mentholated. Not what I want to smell like. Had to sell it. The mix of lavender geranium and the apple STANKS.
I can't stand ambroxan. It dries out my nose to the point of pain. I get this reaction to sandalwood and amyris also. I suppose I am allergic to sandalwood. Avoiding such a widely used ingredient makes seeking fragrances to sample almost like a puzzle at times.
Hi Sebastian, I'm really surprised to see Maison Crivelli Patchouli Magnetik on the list. That has been my most complimented fragrance for 2023-2024. I've actually been surprised at how people react to it. I'm careful of my sprays because a little goes a long way. This is a lifer for me!
I loved this episode, I laughed a lot. Do more of these! Ok, BR 540 smells like tomato soup to me. What is it with those chemicals? I have a theory, including Calone, which I like so far, it’s in Snowy Owl, It might be close to female fluids? Thank you for talking about Tango mm in another video, I hated it then tried it because you said you loved it and tried it again and I totally get it now! I matured around the cumin thing I think. When I first tried it I thought it was a barn stable. Also I just put on Salome after you mentioned it here, everything wonderful about growing up in the 70s in that perfume. It’s nostalgic and timeless! It’s historical and unique. How did Liz do it? It reminds me t keep my vast collection of samples because opinons change as we develop.
I'm scared to spray Followed on me because I'm convinced that it cannot be healthy. My sample arrived in a sealed tube, in a sealed plastic bag, but as soon as I opened the box it arrived in it filled my entire living room with the scent. I refused to even use the sample. I threw it away. It honestly freaked me out.
I really like Red tobacco and the intense version by Mancera, I plan on getting a Tonka Cola sample later this week and I might try that Amore Caffe too. I like ambroxan, I made a Molecule 02 which is just ambroxan mixed with alcohol to help fragrance performance.
@@jzed9138 It’s a pain to navigate through to be honest. Especially if Ambroxan isn’t the prominent note. Sometimes off the card a fragrance will smell good but if worn the Ambroxan shows its face and ruins what is otherwise a good experience. Blind buying is not an option for me. Everything I own needs to be worn on skin to see how it plays out for me.
No way is Followed weakened, i bought it recently and i could smell it through the packaging, and there was lots of it, before it was opened! You do go nose blind to it, but it's an outrageous BEAST!!
For me La vie est belle and all the series, sickly sweet, no thank you. On the other hand one of my favs is Nuda veritas, which has both calone and ambroxane. Worst notes for me: iris and vanilla.
@@canalphi2673 I have other niche frags that I can bare and even Interlude man didnt bother me as much as Layton. Layton's geranium, lavender along with the apple do not work for me. Ratios are off.
I have one fragrance that I recently tested that was very unpleasant. It’s Perris Monte Carlo Vanille de Tahiti. It had a strong smell of urine on opening which didn’t go away. Not good. 😮
100% fact that Kerosene Followed is straight up the most intense, long lasting, in your face forever mode frag! I personally love it but only break my bottle out every now and then. Takes me probably about 3-4 laundry loads using laundry sanitizer...odor remover detergent...and rinse and refresh to get the smell out. But hey, still one of my favs! The scent is so intoxicating to me. 🥰
I haven't tried Followed, but I did test Follow and it's too strong for me so because of that I didn't have the courage to try followed:) As for perfumes I couldn't stand, one that comes to mind is Dame de L'Île - by Gritti ..I've only tried it once and didn't want to retry it..stinky harsh wood with gasoline..
I got a sample of Liquides Imaginaires Blanche Bete, tried it and felt really sick. The smell stayed in my nose for days.... Then I remembered, where I had smelled this before.... As a kid a friend and I sprayed her room with musc deodorant to cover the smell of a dead mouse under her floor🤢🤢
Bianco latte is a shocker for me. It comes off like a synthetic ammonia toilet cleaner with a mild hint of caramel. I really wanted to like it. But it's dreadful to my nose and have to wash my hands multiple times to get rid of the smell. I really like ambroxan
Anyone that says Kerosene Followed is weak honestly do not have a clue what they are smelling. I could smell that through two layers of packaging before I'd opened it let alone sprayed.
Adore Falcon Leather. Tonka Cola, the opening is perfection with that soda scent but the issue I find is that opening doesn't last. I would prefer "Cola tonka" rather than "Tonka Cola" with that Cola note really being present throughout the dry down. Any recommendations for a really good cola scented and cola forward fragrance?
Gucci guilty absolute on my skin smells like you would be inhaling raw petrol. On my friends skin, it smells very fresh green with a little bit of leather. Carlisle on my skin is like dark earth smoke powder. On my friends skin, it turns to chocolate desert. And followed on me is like deep dark coffee on friends skin is like curry with fenugreek as the main spice.
Mancera fragrances are superb. Tonka Cola especially, such a great formultaion with all those different layers of cola, cherry and tonka, long lasting too. The worst houses are Montale, all their fragrances are too oud based. Ormonde Jayne, again all their fragrances are samey and too pricey. Anything by Akro, too acrid. Incense is the worst note. It gives me a headache and also makes me anxious for some reason.
Nothing is more artistic in my opinion than animalic done to perfection, and Amouage Silver Oud is one of the pinnacle for me. Got a back up bottle. One of the worst is TF neroli portofino. Neroli is nauseating.
Believe it or not but I hated MFK Oud Silk Mood, it smelled like window cleaner to me and I didn’t get any oud from it, could be my skin tho. The other MFK ouds I haven’t sampled, and I didn’t want to anymore after smelling them once in store and after having tried to like Oud Silk Mood
I kinda have to agree with Followed. While i do like it in the first smell, but the projection, sillage, and it's lasting power is so sickening. I think if it was 50% of the potency it had when i tried it, i would enjoy it
I loathe BR540. It smells like old wee in a sad aged care home. 🤢. I can’t believe how often I smell it and how it cuts through all other smells around.
Yes! It's ambroxan that smells so bad on me! I have just recently fallen down the perfume rabbit hole and have been trying all sorts of samples and decants. Many have been wonderful (Arte Profumi Bisquit, Mugler Angel Muse, Akro Bake) Some were meh.. And others, horrid. I didn't understand why certain fragrances (BR540, What About Pop, Her) had a dry down so unpleasantly sour that it smelled like an alleyway. On Fragrantica, they all share that amber/ambergris/ambroxan note. Which dries down like urine to my nose. Now I know what to steer clear from.
weirdly enough Layton and Red Tobbaco from Mancera are one the most complimented fragrances I have(not that I care about compliments but hey, it happens)
Worst fragrance: YSL Kouros. Probably around 25 years ago I had been hearing about it and finally happened to see it in an airport. I bypassed the test strip and went straight to the back of my hand. What a mistake! It smelled of pee so much that I high-tailed it to the bathroom to wash it off immediately. Worst note: cumin. It adds B.O. vibes to any scent.
BR540 is the worst. If the car wash place polished your dashboard with BR540 you'd be like, "yes this is definitely dashboard polish, but I need them to remove it immediately because it's making me gag".
As a lover of perfumery I’d have to say my least favorite notes are saffron cumin and oud. All notes that take up a large piece of the market. I can handle them in minute doses but if they are the focal point they generally are not for me.
The closest I came to strongly disliking a fragrance was one I blind-bought because of your positive review: Milano Cento. On my skin it was all "musty, dusty attic," a somewhat suffocating presence. But you know what: I gave it to my brother and a few days later I asked him, "What is that that smells so great?!" He said, "the cologne you gave me!" So there you go: chemistry, I guess.
I haaated PDM’s Althaïr. Notes sounded fine. 🤔 The spritz opened pleasantly. But 10 minutes into the sample’s dry-down… Cloyingly sweet cheap frozen dessert Panic; you’d think melting creamsicle fumes accompanied my being run over by an ice cream truck. I raced to wash it off, juggling shopping bags & leaving an unfinished coffee I’d just bought at a cafe. Who the bleep reacts like that to [benign,childlike] orangey marshmallow???? Me, apparently.🤷🏻♀️
The perfumes I dislike the most are Luxor and Allende from Xerjoff, which is one of my favorite niche perfume brands. I was so excited to buy Luxor because the notes looked right up my alley and the bottle looks stunning but super disappointed when I smelled it... It smelled like animal feces! and Allende smelled very plasticy to me. There are probably worse fragrances I have smelled in passing but I do not remember them.
I agree with a lot of these but Layton? Really? And Apple Brandy? The worst note is Ambroxan?? Also, I’m ready to fight anyone over Silver Oud-This fragrance is far from generic; it’s a bold declaration. Initially; like many of you, at a first sniff from the bottle, I doubted its appeal, thinking it too mature and not quite my style. But as the day progressed, after sampling numerous perfumes, one elusive scent captivated me above all others. Curiosity peaked, I found myself repeatedly inquiring about this mysterious fragrance that had unknowingly enveloped me in its intriguing aroma. To my astonishment, it was Silver Oud-the very scent I had dismissed earlier. This experience was a revelation, showcasing its transformative nature from an ashy, earthy opening to a sophisticated vanilla-oud concoction that effortlessly commands attention. It’s specially tailored for cooler moments and formal occasions, where it unveils its full depth and complexity. Silver Oud is undeniably masculine, designed for the assertive individual who exudes confidence. Its distinctive character sets it apart, making it a fragrance not for the masses, but for those who leave a mark. Wearing it you should stand out in any room as the man of distinction.
