In this video we're going to talk about one of the most requested reviews on this channel over
the past few months i just did a Aqua di Gio Eau de parfum 2022 i'll pop it up here if you guys missed
that review go check it out but today is all about the newest from GIVENCHY GENTLEMEN Collection
the sixth flanker GENTLEMEN RESERVE PRIVE. This one has a lot of potential let's go ;)
welcome back to another video Max FortI here, if you love to smell great and make a great first
impression this is a great place to be and of course smelling great is a great place to start.
Today we're talking about the newest from Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privê
is it a big fragrance let's find out but before we get into it i want to let you know that this
is readily available now in the United States, North America, for a while there was kind of hard to find
so you can actually pick this one up if you want to pick it up retail you can but i would actually
highly recommend you guys check out fragrancebuy.com at a great price i'm going to
have this link below if you guys want to check it out feel free to do so. As far as the presentation
goes the box itself there's nothing really special it's a matte finish blackish kind of a box with
the golden or bronze appointment that says Reserve Prive eau de parfum it is an
edp concentration, again a nice box but nothing really to it the bottle itself is going
to have this gradient from darker to lighter what they did here though compared to other Givenchys
from this collection it is less thick glass now they thinned up the glasses around it
and actually there's more juice area as opposed to more glass the other glass if
you compare this side by side with another 100ml bottle you're going to see that the base here was
thicker with glass. I really love the presentation thick glass beautiful sprayers, I've been wearing this
for quite a while now from the last time i gave you guys my first impressions on this
fragrance, it comes in two sizes 60 ml or 100ml like this one the prices will vary between $86 or $106
unless you go to discounted route that i spoke earlier in this video. Now, the opening here guys
is a million bucks it smells amazing when you smell this if you have a seasoned nose if you guys have tried
a lot of the fragrances that possess you know the patchouli the iris the cocoa vibe you're going to
attest to a somewhat "familiar essence or scent profile" that is true however
there's other things in here that will actually differentiate this fragrance from other fragrances
that are similar to this one and what are those elements, let's talk about it, so it opens up
creamy the iris facet here which gives the scent a semi makeup vibe that we all come to
become accustomed to with the iris oris butter it's going to be very buttery very creamy
make up a lip sticky kind of a vibe which i love what comes to mind with Dior Homme, Dior Homme Intense
Dior Homme Parfum, those Dior kind of fragrances which i've said before
in the first impression of this fragrance that i truly believe that Givenchy now when it comes to
designers is doing a great job because they're taking the spot that Dior left when they were
formulated to hold your own collection which we can talk about in a different video
but they're doing a great job with these iris infused fragrances so we've come to terms that
Dior has dropped the ball and Givenchy picked it up and ran with it, that's what we're
going to get here a beautiful iris what's going to differentiate this mostly from the Dior line is
going to be the chestnut component here which will add this nuttiness to the fragrance
borderline gourmand you're going to have some vanilla aspects in here some resinous
benzoin vanilla kind of undertones that will give this a sweet/gourmand vibe to the fragrance
along with that nuttiness from the chestnuts. Now believe it or not one thing i wanted this
fragrance to have more of was the boozy facet which we did not have with the Dior Homme when
i heard this is going to have a whiskey note right off the bet i was sold i wanted to
get this fragrance i couldn't wait to get it on my hands
wear the fragrance experience the scent, obviously right now it's kind of going into spring
but it's still kind of cold here in new york area so i can still pull this off with
as far as like wearing the fragrance and getting the most out of it so the booziness
from this fragrance is definitely present however not as potent not as up front and center i think
the star play and i think i know for a fact the star players here will be the iris the patchouli
and the chestnut, as you approach the base you also get a little bit of a suede leather-like
feel to the scent which is absolutely heavenly top-notch top shelf high-end stuff smells amazing
like i said a lot of the Dior Homme did not have the leathery aspect unless you go with
Dior Homme Parfum which went with the oud the heavier patchouli and the leather facet this one here it's
like it took and borrowed elements from all the Diors and it sits right in the middle it's like
Dior Homme Intense is here you have Dior Homme Parfum here and Givenchy Prive Reserve
right in the middle which is really really nice it's going to definitely resemble those fragrances
if you miss those fragrances you have a hard time finding those this is a great option because it's
readily available and smells equally as good. As you approach the 40 minute kind of a mark here the
dry down is going to be in effect which will have a nice trifecta of that patchouli that i
talked about but then another woodiness will come to play which is the vetiver here along with a
cedar note absolutely amazing woody dry down here not going to be as sweet as Dior Homme
Parfum or Dior Homme Intense, it's going to be rather woodier and not as powdery as Dior
Homme Intense which is quite a good thing this could be a more mature version of those fragrances
i also detect a little bit of a lavender note here which is really not mentioned but it's
definitely present which again adds more elegance maturity to the scent making it more elegant more
sophisticated and dressier. Who do i envision would actually wear Givenchy Gentlemen
Reserve Privê? i think this because of everything we talked about here is going to be rather a more
mature from the line meaning dressier more for evening wear and i would say a gentleman
of 25 or older of course a lady that appreciates the scent profile can also enjoy this, i wish the
booziness were a little higher here and i wish i had maybe like a honey note along with the whiskey
i think it would have been amazing and of course a lot more powerful but definitely a great scent
for evening wear night out perhaps romantic settings this will do good as well but definitely
dressier evening wear and i'd say 25 and up. As far as season goes believe it or not you can
actually pull this off all year round providing you control the sprayers if you go heavier on the
sprayers when it's colder it's going to be okay especially if you spray your clothes it's gonna
perform quite well i'm gonna tie this up with the performance i got about six to seven hours
longevity and about one and a half to two hours projection it's not a beast so like i said spray
your clothes when it's cold out and it's gonna do well for you and if it's warm season if
you're going to be under locations where you have ac going on you can definitely do this
with two to three sprays and you're gonna be quite all right it's one of those fragrances
that's going to definitely command attention in a very positive manner. Overall assessment here on
Gentlemen Givenchy Reserve Privê, it's a very good release i think on my first impression i gave
it a 9 out of 10 if i'm not mistaken i'm going to say 8 out of 10 again if that booziness was
more powerful and it had maybe like a honey infusion to add this really nice emphasis
on the gourmand aspect of it i think this would have been a beast and i would have given this a 10
out of 10. but i think eight out of 10 is actually not bad i think it's a great alternative for Dior
Homme Parfum for Dior Homme intense if you don't like those you wanted something a little bit
more masculine a little bit woodier a little bit more leathery this is going to be a great fix for
you however if you already own those fragrances and you love those perhaps this is going to be
redundant i'd say try it before you buy it you can do that very well with perfuum.com details
below you guys know the drill enjoy it, there is always codes there's always special things
for you in the description of the videos so don't forget to check those out. However on the flip side
what this fragrance has going for that the other ones don't have is the really nice chestnut nutty
creamy vibe that it has which i thought added a nice touch to it making it a little different
than the other counterparts. To answer the question in the beginning of the video this is a great 2022
release for sure definitely one of the best designers out there definitely check it out i
think you're going to be pleasantly surprised let me know in the comments if you have checked it out
and what are your thoughts on this fragrance and if you haven't yet checked this out what have been
the best 2022 releases that you guys gotten your noses on so far, comment below. As always guys thank
you so much for your support stay tuned for more i will see you guys back here very soon take care