Tobacco, Amouage, Cecile Zarokian... could this fragrance be a match made in heaven? let's check it out
welcome back to another video Max Forti here, if you love to make a great first impression you came
to the right place, fragrance is a great way to do that. Today we're talking about the newest from the
library collection it's going to be OPUS XIV ROYAL TOBACCO... when i first heard about this fragrance i
was like i gotta try this as soon as it becomes available because when it comes to fragrances
there are three notes that i love and i think has the x factor depending how they're blended we're
talking leather boozy notes and of course tobacco... so let's get into this...
Let's start off with the presentation here pricing and all that good stuff but before we do that i want
you guys to pause the video right now let me know two things: Are you familiar with Amouage fragrances?
and if you are which one is your all-time favorite Amouage fragrance? comment below.
Just so you know the Amouage library collection Opus collection has been changed, i'm
going to pop up here on the screen the old style bottles they will all be now ported into the new
and standardized iconic Amouage bottle that we all come to to know and love which i think is
actually a nice change the box here is going to be a more square looking box as opposed to the old
rectangular box really beautiful stuff here quality through and through and the bottle
will sit perfectly on here if you want to store it away from the sun and all that good stuff you
can do that with these beautiful boxes this is going to retail for $360 and you
can find this of course at any Amouage authorized retailer and of course the Amouage website itself
I love the presentation here it's going to be more of an earthy tone kind of a vibe
with matte finish on the bottle matte finish on the cap magnetic of course
you're gonna have this cocoa-like dark tobacco tone along with this nude beige kind of undertone
as well I love the color scheme here with the gold appointments let's see what this is all about guys
Actually i know what this is all about because i've been wearing it but sharing with you
so royal tobacco opens up just fantastic when you smell this fragrance you guys know when i have the
smile on you know the fragrance has the wall effect the same effect that i get with Roja's
Enigma those kind of fragrances that really put a smile on my face it's like you gotta have it
if you're a fragrance aficionado if you're a conosseur or if you're somebody getting into fragrances
either or you smell this you're gonna be like wow this is quality this is something different
this is something unique this is something exotic it's exactly what you're gonna get here it's very bold
very powerful very intriguing and mysterious which are the adjectives that we became enamored with
Amouage and it's definitely going to be present here, again Cecile Zarokian is a great nose she's
given us incredible fragrances over the years and this is yet another fantastic release as i said
before i have a ton of tobacco fragrances because it is one of my favorite notes along with boozy
scents and leathery scents and i have to tell you from all the tobacco fragrances i have which
are hundreds of tobacco based scents this is one of the most openings one of the most unique tobacco fragrance
i've ever tried because it has this really spicy and sweet and very green opening with the cardamom
laced with the tobacco it's resinous it's powerful it's sweet but not overly sweet it's a little bit
bitter because of the tobacco but not overly bitter it's very intrinsically mesmerizingly
put together in a way that's blended in a very sophisticated and elegant manner that i'm telling
you Cecile Zarokian kudos to you the way you manipulated these notes and the achords
this is an exquisite scent but let's digress a little bit so the opening is going to be green
powerful resinous and a little bit sweet that's what you're going to get the cardamom here is
up front and center i believe there is a ginger note in here or something that's given
this fruity and yet spicy feel to the scent which is really nice it's very warm very seductive
very compelling I love the opening here guys just saying this is a 10 out of 10 opening no two ways
about it during the heart as the fragrance develops on skin and warms up you're going
to get even darker and it's going to intensify and adds more dimension to the darker facet of
this fragrance because along with that tobacco you're going to have notes like vetiver myrrh
birch that are going to really intensify the tobacco here giving this darker more resinous
feel to the scent if you love dark mysterious bold powerful fragrances the heart is going to really
enchant you as you wear this fragrance i've wore this fragrance a few times my wife
wore it once we both love it this is something you can share one thing i love about this it's
definitely androgynous it's definitely gender free anybody that loves this style type of a scent
powerful bold mysterious tobacco feel will absolutely fall in love with this of course
there is a touch of oud here that also comes through you're going to have smokiness you're
going to have earthy facets it is a very bold and it is an oud scent with the frankincense which is
also a signature of Amouage it's all going to be present here in a very methodical and
meticulous blend type of a nude I love the way they did here the tobacco here is incredibly done they
capture every facet of the tobacco that i love you have the leafy you have the sweetness you have the
bitterness all the different nuances and facets of the intriguing note of tobacco is captured here to
the T. The dry down which you're going to be left off with is going to be this sweet
tobacco which is a little bit smoky and a little bit musty so you must enjoy it i'm going to also
say this right now before i close out what i get from the set because : n1: don't go out and
blind buy this because this is not going to be a Dolce & Gabbana The One style tobacco that's widely
available and widely loved it's not going to be an universal type of tobacco that everyone's going
to enjoy it's going to be for the connoisseur for somebody that has a seasoned nose or appreciate darker
bolder and daring mysterious kind of a fragrance this has all of those it checks all the boxes so
if you love Amouage like myself when i fell in love with this brand
with Reflection man Epic Man Memoir Man all those darker resinous and different style scents this is
going to be one of those exotic unique type of compositions that i don't think the average joe
and this is not being condescending it's not being a snobby kind of a guy just being honest
especially for the price point a lot of people say wow how can you wear this but i'm telling
you you wear this on skin it warms up with your body the magic begins all these notes will play a
beautiful dance and again that sweet tobacco musk and smoky dry down that you're going to get here
it's going to last a long time. Let's get into the projection performance of this fragrance
it'll project like a beast it's like one of those entities this is one of those fragrances
guys extremely powerful with over 12 hours if you spray your clothes you've been warned caution because
it's going to stay on there i don't know how dark this is but i would not spray this on white
t-shirts or white shirts because i think it might stain there're a lot of dark and resinous elements
here but needless to say if you spray your garment it's going to be there for days not the next day
for days okay you've been warned, it's a beast mode it projects for like three to four hours
and then some, the sillage to no end everywhere you walk people are going to perceive you so if
you like those attention grabbing statement type scents this one here is one you're going to love.
All right so i do this with every review i do for you guys what does this fragrance remind
me of? what does this resemble? absolutely nothing! this is its own thing it's it
like it's opened up a new tobacco category i'm telling you right now i wouldn't be surprised
if people are starting to clone or copy this dna because i'm telling you, Cecile Zarokian, Renauld
Salmon, Amouage you guys created a fantastic new tobacco range i'm telling you right now
just like Baccarat Rouge 540, Aventus, all the time we have these fragrances within
the fragrance world that come out and start a new trend this is a groundbreaking trendsetter
kind of a fragrance in the tobacco realm of things again it's not going to be for everyone but if you
have a seasoned nose if you love tobacco the way this is blended and the notes that are in here
embellishing the scent is just out of this world good there's no two ways about it
this is a 10 out of 10 fragrance i've worn this and i cannot wait because it's still hot it's august
it's very freaking hot here where i am but as soon as the temperature drops we get into the fall
this will be a go-to for me and expect to see a lot of talks about this fragrance in the community
because this is one of those scents guys just saying. I hope you guys appreciated this
review let me know in the comments have you heard about Royal Tobacco? i'm telling you this fragrance
is so good that the cap should have been a freaking crown, Royal Tobacco, but seriously i'm going to
do one better for you guys i want to give you guys a chance to smell this at least two people
watching this video if you love tobacco i want to give you a chance to smell Amouage Opus XIV, so
yours truly here Max is going to give two lucky winners a 5ml decant of this fragrance all
you have to do guys will be in the description of this video I'll also pin that in the comments
make sure you follow the rules it's very simple just subscribe to the channel like this video and
comment below why would you like to try Amouage Opus XIX Royal Tobacco and i'll choose a
lucky winner in about a week's time. Thank you so much for your support thanks for checking this
video out and as always wear what truly moves you. I see you right back here very soon, take care (;