What if I told you guys that I can give you some incredible choices for fragrances that are very
very affordable that will smell amazing perform well and be very close to very very expensive
counterparts if you want to know what they are stick around the video is coming up right now ;)
Welcome back to another video I'm Max Forti thanks for tuning in today we're talking about
a topic that I get asked quite often whether an email dm pm messages you guys always ask me "hey
Max do you have an alternative to such and such fragrance? I don't want to spend so much money
on this fragrance what are the best options or cheapies that will smell close to this fragrance
give me the same kind of a vibe or the same kind of experience"... so in hopes to help you guys
find incredible fragrances that will not break the wallet, will not hurt your bank i'm going to give
you guys some amazing choices of cheapies that actually smell like very expensive counterparts
so let's get right into the choices guys and again if you do enjoy this video if you want
me to continue this series i have a ton of great options i perhaps have a list of about 40 to 50
fragrances that are cheapies that smell like very expensive fragrances so if you want me to continue
this series you know the drill leave it in the likes if this video hits 500 or more likes i will
continue the series on this channel so without any further ado guys let's hop into the choices. First
choice here is going to be an amazing fragrance from what is my favorite car brand of all time
and i'm talking about Bentley and the fragrance I have here, there's a ton of great fragrances from
this house but the one we're talking about today is going to be FOUR MEN ABSOLUTE this particular
fragrance is dark is resinous, is woodsy, is long-lasting, it's powerful it smells so good
this particular fragrance is going to be 85% close to a very expensive fragrance, now it's
very expensive it was more expensive to begin with because it's a designer it's a high-end designer
fragrance so even if it was being produced today you'd look to pay about 90 bucks for
this fragrance but since it's discontinued and hard to find you're talking anywhere from 300 to
500 dollars depending on the size, the condition, how much juice is left, just to give you a little
bit of an understanding and fragrance i'm talking about is Gucci Pour Homme ONE,
which was released i believe in 2005 or 2006. We're talking about minis like this 5ml just like
this one right here that you can find on ebay and amazon between 90 and 100 dollars for 5 ml minis
when you're talking about the actual bottle like this 100 ml you're talking $340 sometimes $500
i've seen it for $600 bucks i know it's sickening it's disgusting but you know it goes to show the
market is dictated by supply and demand it's been discontinued for many years now and it's one of
the most sought after Gucci fragrances of all time the time this was released the Creative Director
of Gucci was actually Tom Ford years before he actually came up with his own Private Blend, but
anyway conversation for a different day, here's the deal you can find Bentley for Man Absolute
for no more than $35 usd and again i'm going to have this link below along with all the
fragrances i'm sharing with you to make your life easier great stuff long lasting dark resinous
borrows elements from this fragrance almost to %85 percent and long lasting guys so if
you missed Gucci Pour Homme One or you never heard of it but you wanted something different
very unique definitely consider checking this one out like i said Bentley is my favorite car brand
they do a tremendous job with their releases and this one here is no different. Next up we have a
fragrance here that is hardly ever mentioned in the fragrance community i think about two years
ago i did a video which was a big bang for your buck series that i had on this channel back then
and i did talk about this fragrance and i know a lot of places that had this fragrance actually
sold out this fragrance is called RON MARONE BLACK POUR HOMME and this is the fragrance the juice is
going to be like the steel bluish green kind of a fragrance and this fragrance is going to be a
fruity vetiver that has this roasted nuts kind of a feel like a roasted fruity nutty kind of a
hazelnut, it's very long-lasting very powerful smells amazing and what this fragrance reminds
me... you can find 100ml like this by the way between $40 and $60 depending where you buy this
fragrance from but what this get a load of, this fragrance reminds me of two fragrances combined
both fragrances share a lot of similarities one is a little bit more floral than the other,
the fragrances i'm talking about are going to be BAL D'AFRIQUE BYREDO which i think a 50ml is
about $190 dollars and VETIVER TONKA from the HERMESSENCE collection which this particular
fragrance retails for about $300 bucks so it's going to have a little bit of elements from both
fragrances this one has more of a floral take on vetiver, this has more of a roasted hazelnut take
on vetiver it's fruity it's nutty this one here is going to be more floral but they're both very
close to each other like they could be cousins or brothers and this one here takes elements
from both fragrances combining into this beautiful fragrance here that i'm telling you $40-$60 is a
bargain for this fragrance guys, it's still around i don't know if it's been discontinued not as easy
to find as it was when i shared it about two years ago if you're a vetiver lover like myself
definitely get a bottle of Ron Marone that you're gonna love it guys i know i do and again it's a
great vetiver fragrance a great option if you're looking to purchase both these fragrances you're
going to spend about $500 bucks and Ron Marone is less than $100 check it out you're going to love
it. The next fragrance i'm going to share with you guys was one of the most talked about fragrance
brands here when it came to niche fragrances a few years ago not so much in the past five
six years it's kind of like going downhill it's a fragrance brand that people don't talk much about
but they do have some really cool hidden gems including the one i'm going to share here with
you which is going to be this maple syrup coffee lavender kind of a fragrance it's a fragrance
that the nose behind is Maurice Russell which is a great perfumer and the fragrance brand i'm talking
about is Bond n9 and the fragrance at hand is going to be Bond n9 New Harlem an amazing coffee
type of a fragrance which has a gorgeous maple syrup note coffee lavender resinous,
gourmandish kind of a fragrance if you love coffee and maple this stuff here will definitely scratch
where you itch the good thing is there is a great alternative to this fragrance the bad thing is
this has been discontinued so even if you wanted to get a bottle of this Bond n9 which would run
you $220 bucks to $330 depending on the size you can actually, now that this has been discontinued
it's going to be even more expensive when you do find i've seen this stuff for like
over $400 on amazon so the good news is there is a great alternative that's gonna cost less than $20
and it's gonna smell about 90% close to this fragrance and i'm talking about MICHAEL
JORDAN'S LEGEND this stuff here is beast it's powerful it's long-lasting and i'm telling you
when you compare these fragrances side by side it's going to be 90% closer of course this one
here Bond n9 is going to be a lot better quality a lot better constructed if i'm not mistaken Maurice
Russel is actually the nose behind this fragrance as well so it goes to show very close about 90%
similar this is going to be a little bit more pungent a little bit stronger the initial blast
is going to be where it's going to be a little hard to bear but once you get between 30 40
minutes into this fragrance the qualities are very similar, the nuances are very very close
like i said 90% close for less than twenty dollars definitely consider checking this one out if you
missed this fragrance or if you never try this fragrance but you wanna have the same experience
this one here will definitely give you that experience for a lot less of a price tag. This
next one happens to be "the unofficial scent of New yYork City" because i'm telling you i work
in New York city if you walk around New York City you're going to definitely stumble upon a whole
bunch of people wearing this fragrance throughout the day and the fragrance i'm talking about
is Santal 33 from the house of Le Labo which is very expensive 50 ml is going to run i think $200
something dollars $220 if i'm not mistaken it is a great scent it's going to be surrounding the note
of sandalwood it's a little bit floral as well smells great very uncanny very unique sandalwood
type of fragrance smells great but it has been copied a few times there's a couple brands that
actually did a good job in fact i did a dual video for you guys where this fragrance here clashed up
against two fragrances one of which i'm going to share with you today actually i'll talk about both
one of the options that would be very close to this fragrance about 70% would be SARAH
JESSICA PARKER STASH which has been discontinued so it's going to get harder to find very soon but
you could still pick it up for a really good price if you can find it but another one that
you can easily find that i think has tremendous quality it outperforms this fragrance here because
it just does, this fragrance has been reformulated a couple of times, Santal 33 is not as powerful as
it once was so if you want a great alternative that's about 90% close which i actually think
it's a little creamier a little smoother to the sandalwood that it has along with the saffron
i would definitely go with this fragrance here by KIERIN NYC and the fragrance i'm talking about is
SANTAL SKY this stuff here smells heavenly like i said about 90 to 95% close to Santal 33 and i
love that saffron sandalwood combination that i get with this fragrance it gets even better
as it warms up with your body chemistry again i have that video that I dual these fragrances
up and i'm gonna pop it up here so you guys can check out that video and really understand what
this fragrance is all about but i don't want this video to drag too long but all i'm gonna say is
if you like Santal 33 or if you ever tried this fragrance you're going to know that this is going
to be very close to it it's going to outperform that fragrance for a fraction of the cost
this actually costs about $80-84 with a code even better which again i'll have a link below
i think i have a code for you guys with Kierin NYC right now definitely take advantage of it
the whole brand of Kierin NYC is amazing they do a fantastic job with their blends
the uniqueness of their fragrances and this one here just happens to be very close
to Santal 33 actually outperforms for a fraction of the cost guys again all the information
linked for you guys check it out you're not going to disappoin, again, one of the best
indie niche brands out there period. Hidden gem alert guys talk about a fragrance that's
going to blow your mind guys now this fragrance i'm going to share with you right now again if
you do enjoy this content if you want to see more cheapies that smell like very expensive fragrances
definitely hit that like button like i said if this hits 500 more likes i'll come up with part
two part three i have a lot of fragrances that are cheapies that smell very close to very expensive
counterparts so this last one here i left this one here on purpose because number one it smells
like a very bold very powerful boss ceo type of a fragrance number two the fragrance that i'm
talking about has also been recently discontinued so it's fetching a pretty penny when you find it
the fragrance on hand here is going to be Tom Ford Oud Wood which is an amazing fragrance
definitely one of the best Tom Ford Private Blends sadly discontinued but from what i hear it will be
ported into the Signature Collection so by fall this year you'll be able to find this fragrance
into their Signature fragrances just like they did with Beau de Jour just like they recently did with
Costa Azzura but in case that doesn't happen or if you don't want to wait that long until
late fall to be able to pick this fragrance up or you don't want to pay $200 $300 bucks sometimes
even $400 for this fragrance i have a great alternative that you guys probably never heard of
uncanny the similarities here we're talking about 90% very powerful long-lasting the fragrance
is amazing and the fragrance brand is very well known for very affordable pricing and very
long-lasting and powerful fragrances the fragrance i'm talking about is NAWAF and the brand is
SWISS ARABIAN now here's the bottle it can be a little tacky you know with all the little gems
and everything it's a metal cap metal bottle the sprayers aren't the best but let me tell
you ladies and gentlemen the juice is going to be 95% close to Oud Tobacco it's going to be boozy
it's going to be that beautiful sweet combination with the resins it's long lasting it's powerful
bold ceo type of scent what i would say between the two the only difference you know that 10-15%
difference is going to be on the smokiness that this fragrance has this here is not smoky at all
i find this to be more resinous than anything else but this one here is going to be besides
that boozy effect that you get it's gonna have a little bit of a smoky facet which is not a
bad thing i actually really enjoy but when it comes to the scent itself these are going to be
very very close to each other but like i said 90% plus to the real thing so for a fraction of the
cost guys this stuff here can be had very cheap i'm going to list it below so if you guys want
to check it out definitely do so you're not going to disappoint you're going to smell amazing and
smell like a million dollars for a lot less like i said you can pick up all these fragrances here and
you're going to smell like very expensive fragrances, so i think it's really cool,
if you guys want me to continue to do these series i'll be happy to share some of my favorite cheap
fragrances that smell like very expensive ones i hope you guys appreciate it whatever you are in
the world please show me your support hit the like button touch the little subscriber button for me
and don't forget to hit the little bell icon so you get notification when i post videos
which is quite often in this channel that way you won't miss anything you know coupon codes
savings new releases, i keep you guys in the know that's what we do here at the Max Forti channel,
guys let me know in the comments which fragrances you guys love to wear that are cheapies but
actually smell like very expensive fragrances perhaps you guys will share some of your favorites
that i haven't even tried yet so please sound off in the comments. As always guys thanks for
hanging out with me today choose your fragrance wisely wear them well. Today i'm going with Ron
Marone's Pour Homme, it smells amazing for a vetiver lover like myself this is heavenly. Guys
stay tuned for a lot more i'll see you right back here with another video very soon. Take care ;)