what's going on everyone? Max here, today i got six brand new fragrances to share
with you. 2021 is not even over yet and i'm still getting new fragrances to try and share
with you guys my first impressions, six brand new fragrances let's go ;)
Welcome back to another video, Max Forti here, if you love to smell great and make a great first
impression you know this is a great channel to be, today we're talking new releases, I'm not gonna open
them on camera just to save time i'm gonna get right into the fragrance. So we got some niche, some
indies, and of course some designers, let's jump right into them. The first one we're going to check
out today is going to be the new from BVLGARI, this is going to be Men TERRAE ESSENCE, from their
men's collection which has a ton of different flankers, this one here 2021 release is kind of
hard to find in the US, it's just now starting to come about and this is actually really really good
i can literally see this fragrance making spring lists all over the place because it is quite nice,
it's got a very nice woody base, the introduction has got some citruses here, some florals, but it's
definitely a little bit creamy and very woody, maybe even florals here as well
let's look at the notes and i'm going to share with you some of the notes real quickly the most
predominant ones but it is something that i can see myself wearing mostly in a springtime during
the daytime. So all in all looking at the notes it's going to be a fruity earthy vetiver fragrance
that's a little bit creamy definitely fruity and a bit floral, like i said, perfect for the springtime.
From a first impression standpoint guys as a rating here just on the blotter first impression
i'm giving this one a 6.75 out of 10, i think it's a good fragrance
but not great. Now this next one i have really high hopes for, I can't wait to try this, this is going
to be SECRET WOODS from COSTUME NATIONAL, you guys know i'm a huge fan of Costume National, I talk
highly about tthis particular brand, whether we're talking about the original eau de parfum, the
parfum that was released i think earlier this year, or Soul which is definitely one of my favorites
and this one here just called Secret Woods is also another parfum
the bottle is like this beautiful cobalt blue let's see what we're getting out of this one guys.
This is very different from all the other Costume National's that i've ever tried, there's definitely a ton of
woods here as the name implies Secret Woods, i don't know how secretive these woods are
going to be but i definitely get a lot of earthy undertones i definitely get some vetiver here
that's very predominant, perhaps some cypriol in here, i'm gonna look at the notes real quickly and share
with you the most predominant notes listed but what i'm getting here is going to be like i said
an earthy vetiver and tons of different woods here it's a little bit astringent a little bit sharp
especially in the opening, it's not my favorite from the collection. All right so this fragrance is listed
as a earthy leathery fragrance with definitely vetiver, definitely leather, but it's got a skanky feel to
the fragrance, there's something here that's a little bit astringent and then it's definitely the
juniper berries along with the leather not really agreeing here with my nose, i'm not liking this one
a lot, from a first impression standpoint like i said it's very animalistic almost fishy guys i'm
telling it's weird, I'm not really feeling this one, i'm giving this one a 6 or even 5.75
out of 10, definitely my least favorite from Costume National, I'm sad to report because i
really had high hopes for this one. Next fragrance here at hand is going to be HALTANE from the
house of PARFUMS DE MARLY, this is going to be Harrods Exclusive, Harrods of London that is,
I love the presentation the beautiful hunter green along with the gold appointments
beautiful golden heavy cap, now this particular fragrance from what i looked real quickly
is said to be a fougere with some oud and almost gourmand qualities because of the prylines
that they list here along with the lavender the herbal nuances i definitely get a nice gourmand
undertone there's definitely sweet facets here with the prylines maybe some caramel facets,
the oud here is definitely present but ever so slight in the background it's not a screamy oud
animalistic medicinal or anything like that, it's a very tamed oud, what comes to mind here
is again the lavender and a little bit of that pryline so if you like fougere fragrances but you
wanted something more modern like a fougere with a modern touch this is definitely it, it resembles
Oud for Hapiness from Initio Parfums but definitely higher marks here on the lavender
because i don't think that fragrance has lavender this one definitely has that fougere backbone. By the
way this one here could potentially be an all year round fragrance something that you could wear as
a signature scent even though the profile here is more for fall and winte,r if you control the sprayers
i think you could definitely go crazy wearing this and feeling great about yourself all year round.
Looking at the notes of course you're going to have that lavender that i talked about some herbal
nuances like clary sage, prylines, like a creamy gourmand facet to the scent, it's really nice,
this one here i'm giving a 8 out of 10. It smells amazing that's all there is to it.
The whole purpose of doing these first impression videos with you guys
is trying to discover some really great releases or under the radar fragrances
this house here i've never tried anything from, this is STEPHANIE DE BRUIJN, it's a Parisian
company, the fragrance itself is called MY GENTLEMAN, i have no idea what this is going to be like,
I like the bottle, very masculine, the rectangular looking bottle minimalist, the sprayers are quite nice.
So this fragrance here has a lot of old school type vibes again
it reminds me of something that i can't quite put
my finger on but it reminds me of something that i wore
back in the 90s which i'm liking from the first standpoint here, it is green
the crazy thing is it's going to come to mind when i turn off the camera it always happens like that
but it does have resemblances to something, i got it, so it reminds me
of Eternity for Man from Calvin Klein, it's gonna be that creamy fougere, very green
very aromatic lavender here so a good scent but again if you already own Eternity for man
or Eternity Parfum this would be redundant to have, but if you've never tried those fragrances
it's definitely good fragrance, definitely something great to wear in the office, inoffensive,
sophisticated, elegant smelling, a timeless kind of a scent, i'm giving this a 7 out of 10 because i'm
a huge fan of Eternity, this is very close to that particular fragrance. As of late i've been really
loving honey based fragrances, so this next one, my first time trying it, it's got honey in a
note so i had high hopes for this one, so i'm hoping it's going to impress me
and this is from Bowtie Fragrance Guy Darian from the Bowtiefragranceguy channel, this is
a NAVITUS collaboration, it's called SERENADE, I'm loving the burgundy here, the red wine kind of
a color along with the gold & black, let's see what we get out of this one, the sprayers are nice,
all right so this one here is going to be a rather sweet fragrance great for nightwear romantic
settings, it definitely has honey in here some gourmand accords a little bit waxy i think it's
going to be a little powdery on my skin, some of the most predominant notes are going to be honey,
bee wax, cognac, dark chocolate, and patchouli, it smells quite good guys, if you like sensual scents
this is one of those, and last but not least we have a creation here speaking of collaborations
with Fragmental UK which is Chris from the channel Fragmental UK along with Aaron Terence Hughes which
has his own fragrance brand and this one's called SMOLDER, i heard a lot of great things about this
fragrance i couldn't wait to try it because i heard it's a very
gourmandi and very powerful fragrance. Pardon the noise here. The bottle is not very big
i'm thinking this is going to be a 50 ml but i do like it's got this rubbery feel
to it, it's dark with a metal kind of a plate and again from what i heard it's a
powerhouse type of a scent so let's see what i get out of this, if i know Chris, Chris's taste
i think he loves Enigma from Roja Parfums, so i'm thinking this is going to be along those lines,
the sprayers are pretty good, and this is a very spicy and woody kind of a fragrance i get
like a cypress/pine cone kind of a vibe here, very coniferous, definitely spicy, definitely woody,
and definitely very green, some of the most predominant notes here are tobacco, frankincense,
sandalwood, and patchouli. This fragrance here is very reminiscent to Interlude Man,
kinda like Interlude 53 meets tobacco, it's like Interlude 53 had an affair with Roja Parfum's Enigma
and this would be like the offspring kind of, but not entirely, but i get a little bit of
nuances from both fragrances, it is quite nice and from what i'm smelling here and it's
taken over the room i think it's going to be a beast type of a fragrance, so kudos to Aaron Terence
and kudos to Chris for creating something daring, unique ,and yet powerful, i'm liking this, i can't
wait to wear it on skin, it's winter time here in New York so it's gonna be perfect for those brisk
cool winter day. I'm liking this one a lot, i'm giving this fragrance an 8 out of 10
just on the tester strip alone because these are the kind of fragrance that i love around this time
of the year. So from the six fragrances i shared with you today i want to say Serenade and perhaps
Smolder were my favorite ones because i think they were the most unique ones from everything i tried,
however, Parfums de Marly Harrods Exclusive Haltane was probably my favorite to wear right off the bottle, i think
it smells great because it's got that fougere kind of a vibe. Overall good releases but
nothing really that blew my socks off a 10 out of 10 type of thing. And of course if you want to try
any of the fragrances i talked about today you can head over to perfuum.com and use the code below to
enjoy any fragrances you guys want to check out from thousands to choose from and as always guys
let me know in the comments share with me your favorite discoveries of 2021 so far and stay tuned
for the top favorites of 2021 when it comes to releases and also discoveries i made this year
for you guys in the next couple of weeks to come so as always guys thanks for your support thanks
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