Today we're going to talk about a topic that's quite different on the channel
it's going to be a little bit of fun to talk about these fragrances because
a lot of these fragrances I actually didn't like them. These are fragrances that I once hated
for one reason or another and now I actually love them it's really cool to see how number one
your taste may change number two to check out some fragrances that you perhaps
never heard of so stick around fragrances that I hated once now love coming up right now ;)
Your tastes do change with time like I said in the beginning hopefully for the best but today
without any further ado I'm going to share with you some really cool fragrances that I once hated
and now I really really love. Starting with the first fragrance here from Calvin Klein
this is a fragrance that's going to be a heavy powerful woody oriental spicy type of a fragrance
very popular in the 80s and 90s I went to high school in the mid to late 90s and this fragrance
was very popular among guys this and Joop Pour Homme where I lived here New York-Connecticut area
believe it or not a lot of guys were rocking this for clubbing for night outs for winter
this is one of the go-to fragrances for them and I couldn't get past the initial blast it was just
really pungent really powerful to my taste it just turned my stomach it made me sick to
my stomach it just nauseated me and I couldn't bear this fragrance and I'm talking about Calvin
Klein's CK Obsession I know some of you guys love this fragrance this is a vintage bottle I
think from the 90s it was first introduced in 1986 it's a classic it's an amazing fragrance
if you guys don't know about I'm doing a classic iconic timeless fragrances series on this channel
if you haven't checked it out I'm going to pop it up here for you guys and I'm also doing
a series with Persolaise actually going through the decades the 70s the 80s and 90s this is
probably one that's definitely going to be talked about but it goes to show that once I
couldn't stand this fragrance now I really love I actually have a current formulation which is
a lot tamed a lot toned down it's nothing like what this fragrance used to be here
if you manage to get an earlier bottle of this fragrance from the 80s and 90s you're really going
to experience the amazingness of this extremely amazing oriental woody spicy type of a fragrance
if you can get past the initial blast it's got an amazing combination of notes it has lavender it
got some spices in the heart has pine needle which I love it's resonance it's a little bit coniferous
I think the heart into the dry down is really where this fragrance shines on my skin
but as I smell this in other people I could never get past the point that I wanted to get a bottle
for myself it goes to show guys live with that fragrance try it on skin you might be surprised
so this here CK Obsession is definitely one that I hated and now I love. Next up we have
a fragrance from 2006 actually when I bought this fragrance for the first time I actually
paid full retail for this fragrance only to be completely disappointed on the fragrance I just
couldn't get past the initial inky vibe that was very dark and very resinous and I'm a big vetiver
fan as you guys know I'm a big vetiver lover but this particular fragrance I couldn't get
past the initial blast and I'm talking about Encre Noire which literally puts Lalique in the map this
fragrance here is definitely considered by the fragrance community a masterpiece and like I said
a fragrance that really put Lalique on the map now this is a great vetiver fragrance it's earthy
it's definitely resinous it's definitely smoky but i'm telling you guys if you can get past the
initial blast of 35-40 minutes the heart of this fragrance into the dry down is just heavenly its
dry down works beautifully with my body chemistry once I gave this fragrance a chance and the funny
thing about this one is I actually bought it retail I traded with some people in the fragrance
community only to repurchase this fragrance and really experience it again and fall in love with
it because I really had to try it on skin I was reading things I was watching videos about
this fragrance I was like "why did I hate this fragrance so much you" I just tried it for once
didn't give the proper wearing and it goes to show again your taste will develop will change and I
think this particular fragrance is definitely more mature and you must really appreciate
vetiver fragrances you must like heavy earthy I mean you must love vetiver period. I think if
you're a vetiver lover you're going to love this fragrance if you like Terre de Hermes perhaps from
Hermes you're going to appreciate this fragrance I believe they both were released in the same year I
like this one a little bit better I love the woody resinous dried down of this fragrance it's just
incredible one of my favorite vetiver fragrances of all time I did a vetiver playlist for you guys
which included I think 50 vetiver fragrances of all time i'll pop that up here go check out that
playlist this is definitely one of my top vetiver fragrance of all time and if you love vetiver
give this one a chance I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised especially because you
can actually find this very cheap out there at discounters check out Encre Noire from Lalique
definitely a great one that I hated now I do love. Speaking of blind buys and fragrances that were
very hard to find here in the US I actually had to purchase this from a Guerlain boutique in Canada
they shipped to me I actually bought two bottles I was very excited to get this fragrance there was
a guy here in the fragrance community and again if you're part of the community for at least a decade
you've heard of this guy his name is Hiro Yorozuka aka Miguel Hiro, he was very famous to be a very
hype kind of a guy he would hype up a lot of fragrances and this was definitely one of the
fragrances that he hyped up and it was very hard to find people were paying 200 to 300 bucks
when they were buying this fragrance back in the day we're talking about 2010, between 2009 and
2011 it was when this fragrance was really hyped in the fragrance community people were crossing
the border into Canada bringing fragrances here into the US only to resell it for like l said
150- 200 bucks per bottle I was able to find it I think it was about 75 at the boutique in
Canada I bought two bottles they shipped it to me here to the US it was summertime
around June July it was a blind blind I wore the fragrance I hated it, it was too strong it was
just too bold for my taste, it had this mandarin orange kind of a feel with a cocoa vibe I thought
it was really out of place I couldn't understand the fragrance, again it was summer time it gave
me a headache, the funny thing is if you go back to one of my first videos here on youtube back in
2012 I actually had it on my sale and swap list I wanted to trade or sell both bottles which I end
up doing right away as soon as I posted people took it right away "i'll take it from you"
only to about a month and a half two months later I purchased it again
bought it retail only to fall in love with the fragrance because it was a few months later
I waited until about winter time it was fall like late October early November, I fell in love with
the fragrance again goes to show you should also consider wearing the fragrance at the right time
and I'm talking about LIDGE L'instant de Guerlain Extreme this is an extremely great fragrance
if you love patchouli this has a chocolatey patchouli along with a cocoa note in here
also has this beautiful mandarin oranges up top with the "Guerlainaid" which is very particular
to Guerlain fragrances which is a combination of vanilla and other elements very resinous
very beautiful if you manage to find one that has the dark ridges which is the vintage formulation
it's even beastly in performance a great fragrance one that I would still consider to this day paying
125 to 150 bucks if I found a vintage bottle like this because it is definitely one of my favorite
designer fragrances it's really I mean you can consider it to be a niche fragrance because all
they do is fragrance they don't have like clothing or anything else but because it's like their main
line I consider this a designer fragrance but it's niche quality amazing combination of notes very
unique nothing like this fragrance out there guys Lidge from Guerlain something that I hated because
again I wore it at the wrong time and now I truly love and it became one of my favorite designer
top fragrances of all time. This next one is another fragrance that was also hyped up by
this guy heroizuka that I followed back in the day and this fragrance here again another blind
buy bought retail and tried it at the wrong time I bought this back in July I believe in
2010 and then I almost threw up I was wearing this in the car I oversprayed it was really hot
I couldn't bear this fragrance I actually traded and luckily enough I bought two bottles so I had
a sealed bottle that I kept but the open bottle was just sprayed a few times I was able to sell
it pretty good on the groups but then I managed to try the bottle that I kept when it got cold out in
the dead of winter time because I heard it was the proper time to wear this fragrance I definitely
pull it out and I was in heaven when I tried this fragrance and i'll be honest with you the initial
blast the first 30 minutes 40 minutes even an hour plus will be a little bit off-putting to
some people it's a little bit animalistic there's a ton of musks in here spices but if you manage
to wear it you know in the cold weather and you get past the first hour the magic begin
I'm talking about Maurice Russell's Frederick Male Musk Ravageur another thing also about the
reformulation I think this has been formulated a couple of times the current formulation now
has a lot less of the musk on the ballistic note that you get here but the vintage bottle like this
one here that has this matte finish cap has a very animalistic musk at the beginning which actually
surrounds the whole composition but that musk is going to be very animalistic along with cinnamon
and cloves and a lot of people will not be able to get past that first hour but if you have it in you
the magic do begin it gets really beautiful resinous vanilla cinnabon kind of a vibe it's
really inviting very sensual very warm one of those fragrances that I absolutely love and the
people that know me for wearing this fragrance in the dead of winter they know what I'm wearing this
because it smells amazing with my body chemistry Musk Ravageur definitely a classic it was released
in 2000 I think it's one of my favorite top five Frederick Malle of all time and it's another one
that I would actually keep in my top 10 for for life I think I just did a video like that for you
guys I definitely kept this one as one of my 10 for life fragrances that I would never be able to
get rid of it goes to show I hated it now I love it and last but not least this very last one here
is going to be a masterpiece of a fragrance I remember buying a couple of fragrances from the
Dior Prive Collection which is now called Mason Christian Dior back in the day their fragrances
were very powerful I remember buying I think I purchased Vetiver and I think I purchased
um Grandville I want to say both purchased from the Dior boutique and they sent me a whole bunch
of really different and obscure releases from this collection that I have never tried Cuir Cannage
was one of them and Eau Noir was the other one and let me tell you guys this particular fragrance had
a very different construction, the nose behind this one is an amazing Master Perfumer that I
do love, one that you may know called Francis Kurkdjian aka Mason Francis Kurkdjian which is
his niche fragrance house which is very renowned very famous niche fragrance house in the world
and the fragrance I'm talking about is Eau Noire, this fragrance guys is a fragrance that I wear
very gingerly these days because it has been discontinued but this is a big 8.4 ounce bottle
so it's going to last me a long time it's a very different take on the lavender type of a fragrance
which Ido love lavenders this one here is a very dark herbal lavender there's a whole bunch of
herbal notes up top like sage like thyme for example the mid you have a beautiful note of
green coffee along with a green style lavender which is really uncanny there's licorice here
which makes this even darker very pungent and hard to understand the base you have leather
vanilla violet now one thing about this fragrance is it has a gorgeous note of immortelle the flower
that has quickly become one of my favorite floral notes of all time now this is the reason why I
love immortelle, it gives off this burnt brown sugar kind of a vibe which is like a golden
tobacco-hay but like a roasted hay note which I'm telling you guys from the heart into the dry down
this stuff here is an absolute stunning fragrance the beginning is going to turn you off especially
if you never try this fragrance like I said when I got this sample with the fragrances that I bought
from Dior La Collection Prive I couldn't stand the fragrance I actually put it on my hand I was
like "what is this thing" it's got this kind of metallic bacon kind of accord in the beginning
really hard to understand but as I wore this fragrance time and time again this little sample
that I've gotten I grew to love this fragrance and Ihad to get a bottle of this fragrance which again
very hard to find discontinued I was able to find in the fragrance groups which by the way if you
guys are not part of fragrance groups you guys are missing out I'm going to leave a link here
to the fragrance group that I have which is the Emporium of Scents which has
almost 23000 members and counting it's a great group for fragrance aficionados
fragrance enthusiasts like myself you'll find discount codes frequent news about new releases,
reviews, trades and swaps just like I was able to find this fragrance here from somebody in the
groups you guys will be able to find a lot of hard to find fragrances at a great price
you can trade it off you can do swaps so it's a great way for us collectors it became one of my
favorite fragrances of La Collection Prive I could definitely say that Vetiver is my favorite one,
Mitza a close second and Eau Noire is definitely my third favorite from
La Collection Prive. Amazing fragrance masterpiece from Francis Kirkdijan I would love it if he would
released this fragrance again perhaps part of his collection in the MFK Mason Francis Kurkdijan
fragrance releases but it goes to show guys another one that I couldn't stand in the beginning
and grew to love as I wore more and more. Let me know in the like if you appreciate the content
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you can't live without I love to read some of your fragrances perhaps I'll try some fragrances that I
haven't tried yet and we'll have some fragrances in common that I actually hated and now I love
so please guys sound off in the comments. Let me know your experience some of your situations with
blind buys, fragrances that you couldn't stand and now you truly appreciate. Guys as always remember:
fragrance is an extension of who you are, it enhances your mood enhances your character so
please be sure to choose your fragrances wisely and of course as always wear it well. Have an
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