i've got five brand new fragrances, well, this is from 2020 but it's
brand new to me and we got four 2021 releases that i've never tried
never experienced, and i'm gonna do it right now on camera for you guys, let you guys
know what i think about them and if you guys should check them out, stay tuned it's up next ;)
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let's get into these fragrances i got two brand new from Ralph Lauren, we have Polo Sport Fresh, we
have Ralph's Club, we also have Matcha from Replica the Martin Margiela Collection, a brand new from
Montale, this is Crazy in Love, and last but not least one that caught my attention for years it took me
a while to get it i've heard and read some great things about this one, this is Scents of Wood, this
is going to be plum and cognac, plum and cognac? i'm thinking this is going to be a banger, so let's hop
right into these fragrances, i'm going to take them out of here, we're going to get to them one by one
i'll let you guys know of course what i get out of them if they remind me of anything if you guys
should also look into checking them out i'm going to start with this one here 2021 release from
Montale, a niche company, Mancera, Montale, when you compare both they're owned by the same company
Mansera tend to be long-lasting but a little bit more subtle the Montales are a little bit stronger
more in your face, this one here called Crazy in Love, I don't know anything about it, from the looks
of it it's got a pink label so it might be leaning more toward feminine, maybe florals, i have no idea,
what comes to mind with Crazy in love here the name is that Beyonce song that's popping
to my mind, the bottle is pink, with the gold appointments, it is very strong, i mean it's really
already going crazy here as you know Montale are nuclear, whatever
you want to call it they do project, so let's get this thing off and spray them up,
all right so this particular fragrance right off the bet is going to be a rose and oud combination
it's going to smell similar to a lot of the fragrances that you might have tried already
you know Xerjoff or companies that have fragrances that are very loud, bold very ambery
so let me look at the notes real quick, i'm getting rose, i'm getting amber, i'm getting a lot of spices,
cinnamon, definitely florals, maybe jasmine along with that rose to amplify the oud here, the
oud is very good quality and i would wear this, i think it does lean a little more feminine, the rose
is very amplified but i would actually wear this myself, let's look at the notes on Crazy in Love
2021 release. Crazy in Love is going to be saffron, wild rose, violet leaf, amber, vanilla and brown
sugar, so it leans gourmand too, i think on skin it's gonna get even more gourmandi
but it's not overly sweet, it's not like syrupy sweet but it has a very strong sweetness to it
not so much darkness, not so much smokiness, no pungent metallic vibe here, no
animalistic feel, no barnyard or nothing medicinal about this. This is a very
refined and good oud to wear, let's just leave it at that, this is nice i'm giving this a seven out
of ten, really good quality oud, i would have to wear on skin to figure out longevity and projection
all that good stuff, but it looks to be nuclear and it smells quite good. Next up we're gonna do
this one here from Martin Margiela, this is Replica Collection, it's called Matcha Meditation
from the looks of the the box itself it looks like it's gonna be obviously a tea based scent and with
this collection guys you get what you read, all these fragrances
convey the message that
they're trying to emulate by the actual bottle and the title of the actual scent, this one here
Matcha Meditation i think it's going to be very soothing, very smooth, very easy to wear, perhaps
casual, let's see what we got out of it, the juice is green just like a green tea would be,
sprayers are nice on these particular bottles, i do love these selections guys, i love the
collection from Replica i think they do a great job, Jazz Club is one of my favorites,
By the Fireplace always makes top winter lists for me, this one here is very nice, very
tea based like, right off the bet you get this bitter green tea kind of vibe, i don't
know if you guys drink green tea but if you drink green tea plain you're gonna get that bitterness,
that floral aspect about the green tea and that's definitely present here, very smooth, very
soothing as i predicted, not too much going on here, i think it's gonna be more of a linear scent with
lesser notes, let's look at the note breakdown and see but the green tea is definitely very
prominent, so there's a floral vibe here maybe chamomile was used here but definitely
floral and green tea are the two notes that i'm getting the most let's look what we get here
for notes for this one guys, this is actually a Maurice Roucel and Alexandra Carlin
work and Maurice Roucel does a great job with lavenders but there isn't any
lavender here, there is jasmine, there's the jasmine, matcha, orange blossom absolute, there's
mandarin orange, green tea of course, up top we have some moss at the base with some white chocolate,
i can see the creaminess here but not sweet at all, so if you're thinking white chocolate gourmand
think again, this is going to be more of a, more like the cocoa butter
as opposed to the white chocolate itself you do get a creaminess here that's very soothing but
i'm telling you up front and center the florals and the green tea is what you're going to get
here, and i think it's going to be a linear scent what you get from the top is exactly what's going
to stay on skin throughout the life of this fragrance, so if you like linear scents that
the introduction is the actual fragrance that you're going to get throughout the whole life
this is a good one to check out especially if you like tea based scents, for a tea base scent
this is actually pretty good, it is a little too floral for me so i'm gonna give this a six and
three quarters out of ten, I'm not huge in florals, but again, if you like florals and green tea
as a note this is one that you should definitely check out. Let's go with the two Ralph Lauren's
Polo Sport Fresh 2021, i was very curious when i first got to know about this fragrance
because i am a huge fan of the original Polo Sport from 1994. i actually wore that fragrance for
many years, it was the fragrance i was wearing on my first job interview so i have a lot of memories
associated with that scent and it took them a long time, 20 something years to come up with
another flanker from that particular scent, Polo has a billion flankers but Sport
i think they had a Sport Extreme in 1996 if i'm not mistaken, but anyway this is Polo Sport Fresh
2021. I hope they kept that beautiful fruity lavender that we have with the original adding
some nice modern take to this, this is nice, this is fruity, it's citrus,
very invigorating, very similar to Light Blue Eau Intense from Dolce & Gabbana but
fruitier, this is aquatic, it's fruity, it's very aromatic, there's definitely lavender here, let me
look at the notes, this is really good guys, i think this is a great one for the summertime, great for
the spring and you could potentially wear this as a signature scent as well, so there's iris,
mandarin orange, mint, sage, marine notes, lavender and woods, what they did different
here from the original is they amped up the marine notes, they knock down that lavender that
you have with the original quite a bit, what pops here is definitely that mandarin orange along with
the marine notes, a little bit of an iris here to make it even more sophisticated, this is nice guys
if it has good performance this is a really really good scent one that could absolutely make top
warm weather lists for me, this is going to be an 8 out of 10 because i love this scent to begin with
and i like what they did here taking that original profile and then twisting it to a more
modern take, Polo Fresh, Polo Sport Fresh is good stuff. Next up we
have the new one here from Ralph Lauren this is a stand-alone release it's called Ralph's Club
which i know nothing about other than the stuff that i share with you on the Emporium
of Scents facebook group that you guys know, over 25000 members always talking and
sharing fragrance 24-7. I always do like a news fragrance post, and i did
talk about this a while back when i first heard about it, I was very curious, it's a standalone release ,
sprayers are great on this, you can control, I love the little cap here,
the bottle itself is like a little whiskey flask, good stuff, it looks very nice, the smell itself is
quite nice but a little bitter, it's different, it's definitely more mature guys, it's going to be this
green almost mossy vetiver that i get here in the opening along with the lavender, so if you like
barbershop fougeres, those type of scents, it's going to lean definitely more masculine,
definitely more mature, let's look at the notes, i'm getting vetiver like i said, i'm getting
sage, there's definitely an herbal green scent profile, very strong on this one, let's look
at the note breakdown: this is going to have lavender, clary sage, virginia cedar, and vetiver,
it's a very aromatic woody base scent, woody aromatic at its finest,
this is nice, i think this is nice for dressier occasions, evening or
just a more refined event and if you want to convey a more mature vibe about yourself
this is going to be great for the office as well as opposed to this one that is going to
be more playful, fruitier, more for day and casual wear, good stuff though, not bad,
i think i give eight out of ten for this one, Ralph's Club i'm giving it an eight out of
ten as well, i like the smell a lot with vetiver, cedar, those are the notes that i love and
this has it very well made and very predominant in the fragrance as well. Last but not least guys this
is one that i was really really looking forward to try, Scents of Wood, i don't know if you guys
are familiar with the brand, I don't know if you tried anything from the brand, this is Plum & Cognac, a 2020
release came out last year i know nothing about this brand meaning i've never tried anything
but from what i've read on reddit, on base notes and fragrantica, people raved about this one
and they said this is a must-have, if you like boozy scents, if you like fruity, if you like plum
you gotta try this one, so i said "you know what, let me pick it up", very very very unique, what it
reminds me it's like a heart, it reminds me like a heart of wood, the company
is focusing on woods, different woods, oak, different roots, so it's basically pairing
up a lot of the great elements that we come to love and perfumery with predominant woods, this
one here, Plum and Cognac, let's take it for a test drive guys, nice mist here, very strong
so guys you know i keep 100% with you when something is amazing i let you know
right off the bet this is quality, this right now is taking over the room, this is niche quality,
this is refined quality, this is incredible, smoky, plum with the boozy cognac, this is up front and
center what the fragrance is telling you what it wants to convey which is that beautiful drenched
plum, what i'm picturing here guys is a glass of your favorite cognac, your Hennessy or your top
shelf cognac with a juicy plum that's drenched in and you're just drinking it, it's just so opulent so
refined, it's bringing you win, it's like sensual, it's something that i would wear
for dates, for night wear, it's going to be in the family of your Tobacco Vanille, of your
Tobacco Oud, it's going to be bold, it's going to be one of those fragrances that will convey
a great message when you walk into a room and if you dressed well
people are gonna turn their heads and be like wow what does this person wear? who's this guy?
who's this person? that's the kind of fragrance i'm getting here, let's look at the notes
plum and cognac, Pascal Gaurin is actually the nose behind it, and it's basically
straightforward plum, cognac, cinnamon, vanilla and vetiver, so picture this Tobacco Vanille amped up
with this gorgeous plum in this amazing boozy facet of the cognacl simple as that, amazing, this
to me on scent alone without wearing it guys it's a 10 out of 10. This smells amazing, this is fire,
i'm so glad to have this in my collection in fact i have a discovery kit of this brand
that i'm going to really explore and dive into because from what i'm getting here guys this is a
collection that i've been sleeping on, where have you been all my life? So those are
the five fragrances guy, Crazy in Love a good floral, with rose and oud combination,
this is going to be Replica Matcha Meditation with tea, jasmine, floral tea base scent, the two
from Ralph Lauren, Ralph's Club is very nice with cedar, woody, green, herbal, lavender, and this one here is more of a
fruity lavender, Polo Sport Fresh, a really good take, a more modern take on the original from 1994
and last but not least the star of the show here, Plum and Cognac, which is absolutely outstanding guys.
Let me know down in the comments which 2021 releases have you guys tried that really blew your mind, let
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even if it's not 2021 release, any kind of fragrances that you guys would like to know about,
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