Impressions, impressions, impressions, another first impressions unboxing
video for you guys. You know how much I love the blind buy and this is
six fragrances blind bought from yours truly to you guys right here on the channel coming up
right now six amazing fragrances some new some brand new stick around it's up next
welcome back to another video Max Forti here, if you love fragrances, if you love to smell great
you came to the right place. We're talking six brand new fragrances blind bought that i'm
gonna share with you, open up on camera and smell them for the first time, some are brand new some
not so brand new, but new to me, so we're gonna do this kind of chronologically, i'll start with this
one right here, for the purpose of the video I'm gonna take these off
for now, then we'll bring them back together, and I'll give you guys like my final thoughts, this one here
from the house of Cadillac, by the way this video is brought to you by the partner of this channel
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that I never really heard about, you guys know how much I love Bentley, how much I like
Ferrari, those are my two favorite car brand fragrances, now Cadillac I didn't even know the make fragrances, this
one here is simply called eau de toilette for men, there's not much online on this fragrance so i don't know
exactly what this is going to smell like, what I'm going to get here,
this was a cheapy, so you know I blind bought it because I'm always looking to
find something incredible that's affordable so I can share with you guys here on the channel, some
hidden gems, the packaging is actually nice, really well made. All right so this is I think
the first one that they released and I believe if I'm not mistaken it's from 2008, correct, so this was
released in the fall of 2008, in November to be exact, so quite a while, a little over 12 years, the box
is nice, really nicely put together, the bottle is actually pretty cool as well, let me get myself
the little blotter here, we have Cadillac on the actual bottle, the sprayers is okay, will do the job. Of
course they are mowing the lawn here right now, as soon as I start filming they start making noises outside,
anyway, this one here is not bad I think from the get-go I actually like this,
this is going to be quite powerful, but what I'm getting here is, you must like
fougere, old school, woody, spicy kind of fragrances, there's a very very strong note of lavender here, it's
reminding me of Lapidus, like Ted Lapidus Pour Homme with D&G Pour Homme, the vintage one,
you guys know I like this one, but it's not going to be for everyone, definitely more mature, more aged, but
I like it, so let's look at the notes, okay so we have ebony wood, cloves, incense, cinnamon, chamomile,
grapefruit, so I'm not getting much fruits here, it's going straight into the woods and the spices,
this got cloves, incense, cinnamon, absolutely, but I definitely get a very heavy woody base, and I get
lavender, which is not listed here, I like it guys, I think this is nice and it's a cheapy so definitely
check it out if you have your taste similar to mine, or you like more of an old school kind of
feel, if you're craving old school fragrances, this will hit the spot. All right, next up, okay let me
give you guys a rating here, a first impression rating here on Cadillac For Men,
I'm going to give this an 8 out of 10, because I do like these kind of fragrances. All right now we're
doing this chronologically guys, the next one here is from 2015. This is a brand that I don't
have much experience with, I like the box here, I think it's quite quality here, this is called CLEAN
RESERVE and the scent itself is called SMOKED VETIVER, this is an older parfum woody aromatic
scent, you guys know how much I love my vetivers, i'm always looking for new vetivers, like I don't
have enough right? but anyway, new addition here to the collection, I'm hoping it's going to blow my socks
off, love the name smoked vetiver, the presentation is actually pretty good here, and I know for a fact
you can find CLEAN fragrances or this particular collection at your local Sephora, I know they have
them here at my mall, quite noisy this cellophane here, I never actually tried this
brand at my mall but I know they have a quality and reputation of being quite good
so the inspiration behind this creation it says right here on the box, inspired by the remarkable
experiences in life that leave a lasting impression, so this scratches me right where I itch,
I always talk to you guys about leaving a lasting impression when you choose your fragrances,
what you're going to wear, nice box here, as always we talk about wearing what truly moves you, so
i'm liking the saying here on the box, the bottle looks quite nice, it's got this
beautiful very artisan like woody cap, love the bottle here with
thick glass, almost like a Chanel Les Exclusifs, a little shorter, a little stout but
I'm liking what I'm seeing here, I'm hoping that the scent will have quality,
the sprayers could be better, they're a little weak, but the scent is good ladies and gentlemen, this
is a nice vetiver scent, the juice is a little green, a greenish yellow tinge,
I like this, this is nice even though it's called Smoked Vetiver it's not very smoky, there's
some smokiness here but I'm mostly getting like a fruitiness and earthy vetiver nuance,
which is the kind of vetiver I like, I do like some smoky vetivers like you get with Terre D'Hermes
but I do appreciate the more aromatic citrus fruity kind of vetivers, and that's what
i'm getting here, this is good, looking at the note breakdown the nose behind this one here
is actually Claude Dir which is the same nose for Zaharoff signature collection, so I know it's
a good Perfumer, and we have vervain, bamboo leaf, bergamot and quince fruit, cedarwood, peony, oak moss,
you guys know I love moss in my fragrances, amber, musk, vetiver, ,woods and myrrh. This is nice
perhaps I wish the myrrh were a little bit more intensified like the myrrh we get with Dior Eau Sauvage Intense,
but this is nice, I'm really digging this one, quite good for the price, so this was
actually a very affordable pickup that I have, so for those that love vetiver looking for
something great in a vetiver lineup of fragrances definitely consider checking out CLEAN RESERVE
SMOKED VETIVER, I think you're going to like it, it's more of a clean earthy fruity vetiver
rather than the smoky vetivers that sometimes turn people away. Next up we're going to go with LAVANDE
here from 2018, this is from kind of like the most prestigious collection of MOLINARD, and I heard
through the grapevine that this particular one, EAU DE PARFUM LAVANDE is going to be very similar
to none other than Tom Ford Lavender Extreme which was released a couple years
ago, which is now discontinued, so for a lot of you that didn't have a chance to pick up that
fragrance which came in a beautiful silver bottle but it cost I think 325 dollars for a 50ml from
what I hear from the research I did, and this is why I picked this up, this is like 90-95% close to
Lavender Extreme from Tom Ford, very simplistic kind of a bottle, bronze cap, metallic, heavy cap,
beautiful lavender color bottle, the whole collection here with this particular Molinard
Collection will pick up one note, and have a fragrance around that note this one is Lavand,
which is of course the note of lavender, so let's see what we get here, the sprays are actually nice
and this does smell very very nice guys, and I'd say, I do have Tom Ford Lavender Extreme, I think
lavender extreme is going to be a little heavier, a little smokier, and a little more
opulent and resinous, this one here not so much, this is more of a fleeting juice, more ethereal,
more faint, the notes here are lavender, clary sage, vanilla, benzoin, tonka, labdanum,
patchouli, and coumarin or tonka beans, I'm not getting that heavy stuff that's supposed
to be here in the base, what I'm getting most here guys, I'm not really getting the base
here the heavy notes, the sweet tonka or patchouli or benzoin or vanilla, this is mostly an
herbal vanilla and to be quite honest with you, there's even like a savory,
culinary kind of a take here, I don't see cumin, I don't see any kind of culinary notes
but I'm definitely getting a very culinary kind of a vibe
maybe there's like cumin in here, I'm not really feeling this one guys, my least favorite
right now, Smoke Vetiver I'm giving this an eight out of ten, this is a good vetiver,
this one here I'm giving like a six out of ten, I'm not really feeling that savory culinary
notes that I'm getting in this lavender here so I'd much rather go with Tom Ford
Lavender Extreme. Next up we're gonna go with a new one from NICOLAI, the house of NICOLAI, which is a
great niche brand that produces quite nice juices, New York Intense is one of my favorites, this one
here is called ANGELIS PEAR, the great thing about this brand is that the creative director
actually worked for Guerlain for many years so you know the direction of these fragrances are quite
quite nice, from what I've smelled so far, for everything I've tried and pear
is one of those exotic fruity notes that I love, now you've seen it as a
prominent note in a lot of new creations but if you go back a few years pear wasn't a
very utilized fruit note in fragrances so and I'm very curious about this one here and
this was actually released a couple years ago, 2020 to be exact, actually last year, it's a 2020 release
ANGELIS PEAR which I think if you translate this to english is going to translate to Angelic Pear,
a nice little presentation, I actually went with a smaller bottle, these weren't cheap this is a
30ml, it comes with a little pamphlet here that talks about the fragrance, the notes are actually
listed here which i'll look at it in a second, it comes beautifully packaged, 30 ml, again this
brand is minimalist but with this brand I know for a fact it's all about the juice not so much about
the presentation which could be a good thing, it's nice when you get everything good, presentation,
good juice, but the juice is what's most important. So let's take ANGELIS PEAR for a test drive,
okay, this is nice I'm getting of course a beautiful pear on top, but
not as fruity or juicy as I was expecting, okay, now it's getting better, that
alcohol went away, now the fruit is really coming through, this is nice guys, if you love the note
of pear this is going to be a quite natural experience to the note or the fruit of pear,
although it's reminding me a little bit of a tangerine, also has like
a clementine kind of a vibe here, let me look at the notes so we're talking
bergamot, lemon, and blackcurrant up top, okay definitely lemony, grassy, I'm getting like a tangerine
vibe here, very green, pear, rose and jasmine, so I think as this develops on skin the pear will
probably become more prominent, and then the base we have dry patchouli, oakmoss, and musk,
nicely constructed guys, I like this one a lot, as always with the house of Nicolai I've never
had any complaints, I think they do a good job, they're very creative, they're very off
the beaten path creations, and Angelis Pear is a great one, I think pear is a note that should be
done more often in fragrances because it's something that's very interesting and very
exciting at least to me, I'm really digging this one, I'm giving this one a 7 out of 10, I have to
of course wear it on skin, see if I get more out of it, but it's not something that's going to be
too inspiring for me because it's mostly a fruity, natural, grassy and green pear, but it could be good
for spring and summer time, if you want something refreshing right out of the shower
this will fit the bill perfectly, it's very androgynous, gender free, unisex,
whatever you want to call it, Angelis Pear is quite good. Now these last two are the ones
that I'm really looking forward to sharing with you, they're like the newest releases,
well, this is 2020 but this one here is 2019, but it's from a house that I love I always say that
there's like a triple fragrance combo that I love and most people don't talk
about it these days, which is Anick Goutal, Serge Lutens and Lartisan Parfumieur, with Serge Lutens being a
little bit above the other two just because I love the quality, I love the daring effect that each one
of those fragrances from Serge Lutensalways gives you, the parent company is Shiseido, I love
serge lutens, love the creative direction of these fragrances, they're usually very bold, very daring,
very dark, resinous, opulent, you're always going to find something unique with SERGE LUTENS and I'm
hoping this one's going to be good, this one here is called LA COUCHE DU DIABLE, I think translating
this to english would be like the the devil's cave or something like that, weird name, I'm hoping
the juice will be good, from what I saw in the groups when this was released a couple years ago
it was a very daring scent definitely not for the faint of heart, not for everyone, very dark
juice, love the bottles, I think they're classy, this is going to be a 50 ml and I think these retail
for $160-170 bucks, let me put the box up here, it's just a dark box nothing here to brag home about
really nice bottles, love the presentation, you get these little half sphere like
caps, which you can replace or you can dab it if you want. This is good
let's see, so I go with the sprayers as always, so I replaced these, they have been changed by the
way, the whole scheme of the bottles, the labels, the cap collars used to be bronze now it's all black
more minimalist, so let's see what we get out of the devil's cave, I would not spray
my clothes with this fragrance because I think the bladder is really dark and I think
it will probably stain your clothes, and this is a very nice scent guys, I'm getting like a molasses
brown sugar kind of a vibe here, almost honey like which I love, tons of spices here, there's
definitely resins I'm getting some oud maybe some woods in the backbone, let's look at the note
breakdown guys, so right from the get-go though i'm giving this like an eight out of ten, this is the
kind of juices I like, it's resinous, it's opulent, it's dark, it's daring, it's different, now this
one here is talking about oud, it's talking about labdanum, incense, cinnamon, amber, saffron, there's
a leathery kind of undertone, definitely a fruity tone here with orange and tangerine rose and musk
this is definitely animalistic, dark, deep, and daring, this is not going to be for everyone but
it's not as strong as old Serge Lutens fragrances used to be, but it's still daring,
again it's in the blotter here if I put on skin it's probably going to have a whole different
tonality to the scent, but it's quite good, i'm giving this an 8 out of 10 for creativity,
for being different and being bold, this stuff is amazing. Last but not least, 2021 release here
from DUNHILL, which is a house that I think is quality I think they provide good
pricing, I would put Dunhill right up there with Issey Miyake or Cartier, which a lot of
times are under the radar, DRIVEN is a 2021 release, brand new, first time first impression here on the
channel, I have no idea what we're getting here, i'm just hoping it's not going to be more of
the same, i'm hoping that this is going to be something unique from the house of Dunhill, hoping
that they're not going to be following suit and following the trends, you can always be hopeful
but let's see, so the bottle looks kind of simple, it's a little weird, it's got this really huge
cap that almost looks like a knob from your faucet in your house, so kind of
weird, heavy plastic, the bottle is very minimalist, you have the embossed name of
Dunhill right there, Driven at the bottom, let's get a test strip here and take it for a test drive
sprayers are nice, all right, smell good but uninspiring, this is definitely more of the same,
I get a sweet tonka, ambroxan notes, so opens up with citruses, bergamots and then right off the
bet here I could see a tonka bean and ambroxan base coming through which is sweet, it's pleasant
and it's appealing, but more of the same, you smell this you're gonna think about
YSL Y for men, you'll think about all these kind of blue
aromatic citrus type of scents with the ambroxen and tonka at the base,
it's okay, smells good, if you don't have any of those blue fragrances and you're looking for
something for everyday, a signature scent to smell good, definitely check it out, if you can buy it
for a good price even better, DRIVEN from DUNHILL, for me five out of ten, it's more of the same,
it's a very uninspiring release, looking at the notes here
just for giggles here, we got bergamot, lime, red apple, plum, it gives me a little bit of a vibe of
Hugo Boss Bottled with Y for Men from YSL, it's like a combination between the two,
the base here is going to give you amber, amyris, vanilla, cedarwood, musk and tonka, in the heart
cardamom, cinnamon, jasmine, and rose, it's nice but like I said, it's more of the same. Alright guys
so from the six fragrances here let me know in the comments which one sounds most appealing to you,
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