what's going on guys so today we have a great video for you guys we're going to
talk about discoveries and blind buys the best of october 2021 i do this for you guys
every month afterwards to let you guys know what fragrances i discovered that are most
enjoyable the fragrance that really blew my mind that i think it's worth you guys
definitely checking out we're talking about quality we're talking about performance
we're talking about uniqueness so stick around they're up right now ;)
welcome back to another video Max Forti here, if you love to smell great you love to make a
great first impression you are at the right spot however if you want to discover new fragrances
you must check out scentxplore.com, there's only a handful of registrations available at this point it's the
last stretch two weeks more a week and a half left for the actual event guys check out link
below scentxplore.com, an incredible event for you, tons of different things happening all day
on December 4th you don't want to miss bottle giveaways a trip to the Oman factory of Amouage
for the ultimate Amouage experience, guys check it out i really hope to see you there it's going
to be one you do not want to miss. The fragrances we're about to check out right now are fragrance
that i discovered in october of 2021. all of these are incredible tried and true really the
ones that blew my mind that i can't wait to wear whether i'm going to wear them in the future when
it gets warmer or i'm actually wearing them right now because they're amazing i enjoy wearing them
these fragrances are not necessarily 2021 or brand new releases some of them could be they're just
blind buys and first encounter i've had with these with these fragrances that i'm sharing with you
the month before so we're going to start right off the bet here with this fragrance here that i love
when it comes to a great uplifting invigorating and vacation style type of scent this is vacation
in a bottle, and the fragrance i'm talking about is Botega Veneta Illusione. Botega venetta is
a fragrance brand that do not let me down i love this fragrance line. The fragrances
are mostly revolving the note of leather so if you love leather fragrances definitely check out their
signature collection but the Illusione is a new collection that they had this one here in
particular was released i believe in 2019. When i smell this fragrance it's very common to all
Botega Veneta fragrances to my nose when you first smell the fragrance one thing you can attest for
is quality, it's very refined it's very elegant very sophisticated which is the dna the profile
the character that i find with all Bottega Veneta fragrances. This one here Illusione is no different,
I love here that we have a bitter orange lemon kind of a vibe up top which is really uplifting
and sparkly fizzy, the heart is really where i love this fragrance, you have fur, resin, which i love,
it's very green it's very coniferous along with a gorgeous cedar note which is one of my favorite
woody notes. In the base my favorite of course vetiver my favorite woody kind of a profile along
with a hint of tonka just to make things a little bit sweet and a little bit more youthful,
the fragrance does have an old world goodness about it something that's really well put together
mature but not very mature not aged, anybody can pull this off that wants to have this
kind of effect, that kind of scent profile, the aroma that's going to evoke
like i said sophistication and elegance in the bottle, Illusione from Botega Veneta. Next up we
have a fragrance from a british house a uk brand that the bottle itself is a work of art and will
put Parfums de Marly bottles to shame, if you thought Parfums the Marly bottles were heavy
and like a weapon when it came to the caps because they were very heavy,
think again, Electimuss. This one here is going to be AMBER AQUILARA which is an ambery oud type
of a scent, look at the gorgeous phoenix there, or hawk or eagle, whatever that is, a beautiful metal
heavy cap, the sprayers in these things are beast mode,, i'm going to spray it so you guys can
look at the sprayers you can actually control the mist, the scent itself guys opens up like
a Dr. Pepper/cherry cola vibe, very fizzy very soda pop kind of a vibe, it also has a boozy
facet given by the note of cognac which i love, you guys know i'm a big fan of boozy scents especially
cognac and whiskey, this one here has a very nice boozy/cognac facet, it's like cognac mixed with
Dr pepper or cherry cola, that's what i'm getting here, it's fruity it's fizzy and it's definitely
boozy. Other notes here are sandalwood, ambergris, vanilla bourbon, and of course agarwood, this stuff
here is incredible, it's not for everyone, not for the faint of heart, you must really enjoy exotic
and unique scents, but if you do, this one here will definitely get you smelling incredible. Now, this
next fragrance here guys on the name alone i just had to try i, it's been in the back of my
mind for years, in fact i didn't own anything from this brand, i was like "man i have to try this brand"
because everybody talks about it for many years i've heard so many good things about this brand
and it's like "where do i start" i said you know what? this fragrance here on the name alone
is warrant me to try it of course the fragrance is called FORTIS and the actual brand is
Liquid Imaginares. Again the fragrance's name is Fortis which is my
last name Forti, so i had to freaking try the fragrance at least, and guys it is absolutely incredible if
you like Lailati from Xerjoff, if you like Black Afgano it's like mixing those
two fragrances together, it's smoky, it's very oudy there's a green cannabis facet here
so if you like cannabis, oudy, green, smoky, very attention commanding scent, this one here
will definitely blow your mind and again because of the name Fortis, it's exactly my name, like the
plural of my last name i was like i have to try this. This is like a purple dark juice almost black
very powerful fragrance it's one of those that one or two sprays will last the whole day or the whole
evening if you really want attention commanding scents, Fortis is definitely one to consider
checking out, some of the most predominant notes in this fragrance are very powerful guys
we're talking oud, ambergris, musk, vetiver, saffron, and sandalwood, it's absolutely a beast of a fragrance
if you like beast mode, Fortis is your answer. Speaking of Liquid Imaginaire, Fortis that iI just
shared with you, the nose behind that fragrance is Sonia Constant, and she's actually going to be
one of the perfumers joining us for Scentxplore this year to talk a little bit about
her journey as a perfumer and also share with us her line of fragrances, her niche fragrance line
called Ella K, again a great event on December 4th, you do not want to miss guys, be there be
square, link below check it out. Second to last here we have a fragrance from an Italian house called
V Canto, and the actual fragrance is MEA CULPA, and this particular fragrance, if you love a great
patchouli scent if you love Coromandel from Chanel Les Exclusives, this is like that fragrance times
three, we all know that Les Exclusives have reformulated their fragrances changing the actual
concentration of those fragrances, they're not as powerful as they once were,
this is like Coromandel meets Psychedelic from Jovoy, it's like you put those two fragrances
together, it's creamy, it's spicy, it's a little bit smoky as well, it is one heck of a patchouli
fragrance if you love the note of patchouli and you want one of those "end all be all" patchouli scents
this is definitely one you guys should consider checking out. I'm loving this fragrance
MEA CULPA from V Canto, it's getting really cold right now, it's really late fall in the next month or
so winter will be here so temperatures are below zero celsius
in the fahrenheit, if you're looking at fahrenheit wise, this is a great ambery warm spicy scent, again,
if you love patchouli you must check this out, this to me is like one of those "end all be all"
for a particular note in this case of course the patchouli note. Last but not least guys you guys
know how much i love my fougeres, leathery fragrances, especially this time of year i'm
wearing a black shirt right now just because of this fragrance this is called EXTRAIT NOIR,
so dark, extract, and this particular fragrance is from Elisire. Elisire Extrait Noir is the
fragrance. Look at the bottle, it's beautiful, looks like a gemstone like an onyx gemstone
and the fragrance itself is a fougere, neo fougere/leather scent. Think of Derby from the house
of Guerlain, think old school leathery fragrances like Belamy from Hermes, this is the
type of scent profile that you're going to get but it has a lot of incredible powerful ingredients
to really make this a very unique scent, i'm going to emphasize that Elisire Extrait noir is the
most unique fougere-leather fragrance i've ever smelled, this smells like nothing i've ever tried
and that's saying a lot for a guy that has many fragrances as i have, this is one of those standout
fragrance. I had the pleasure to interview the actual Creative Director/Perfumer of this brand
if you guys missed that i'm going to link it below in my instagram was a great conversation we talked
about the whole collection and i told him how much i love this particular fragrance and here's
why guys, besides the coumarin, the lavender, that you normally get with fougere fragrances and of
course the oakmoss, this fragrance here added a lot of great new things that added these really
nice nuances and layers making this like i said a standout and very unique fougere fragrance at that,
we're talking eucalyptus as one of the notes added up top which will give this a very nice camphor
kind of scent profile, ginger, cinnamon, saffron, and patchouli to add to that leathery
facet that i talked about that's really enchanting and mesmerizing, as you get into the heart to the
dried down you have a gorgeous resinous feel and facets of the fragrance given by benzoin,
there's a little vanilla here that balances the composition adding a little bit of a sweetness
creaminess to it along with that benzoin, you also have castoreum which really gives the scent a nice
animalistic feel that i absolutely love and there is a cistus absolute note here that adds this
very diffusive balsamic musky and sweet-like aroma that is absolutely mesmerizing and the
leather accord that i talked about fuses and melds perfectly with the fougere vibe because of the wood
leather this note of wood leather was what really made this fragrance stand out because it was
elaborated it was created exclusively for this fragrance adding this gorgeous wood leather accord
that just melds and fuses perfectly along with the fougere facet that it contains. Elisire
Extrait Noir is absolutely amazing, one of the best discoveries I made this year and i'm so happy to
,share with you guys definitely get your nose on his fragrance. Stay tuned for a lot more
let me know in the comments: have you discovered anything this year so far that made you really
rethink your whole fragrance journey? it's like wow you never thought this possible
this is like one of the best fragrance i've ever tried and put my nose on just like Extrait Noir
that i just shared with you. Let me know in the comments and of course stay tuned for a lot more
i'm going to have a ton of great things for you guys from now until Scentxplore, if
you haven't yet registered, it's almost closed out time if you don't want to miss it
the time is now, check it out details below i truly hope to see you guys there,
it's going to be a great one we're going to have a ton of giveaway, pre-event giveaways
incredible giveaways at the event itself. As always to make your life easier i'm
going to link all the fragrances below if you want to try them before you buy them of course
use my code max15 at perfuum.com and enjoy them, and if you want to purchase them outright
link is below to make your life easier. As always, choose your fragrance wisely and always
wear them well. I'll see you right back here with another video very soon, take care ;)