Redolessence: 2020

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Saturday, December 12, 2020

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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Monday, December 7, 2020

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Sunday, December 6, 2020

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Monday, November 30, 2020

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Sunday, November 29, 2020

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Friday, November 27, 2020

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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Sunday, November 22, 2020

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Saturday, November 21, 2020

FANTASTIC FALL FRAGRANCE! | JET BLACK RESERVE BY MICHAEL MALUL REVIEW + GIVEAWAY!

Friday, November 20, 2020

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Thursday, November 19, 2020

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Saturday, November 14, 2020

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Friday, November 13, 2020

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

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Monday, November 9, 2020

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Sunday, November 8, 2020

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Saturday, November 7, 2020

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Friday, November 6, 2020

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

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Monday, November 2, 2020

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Saturday, October 31, 2020

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

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Monday, October 26, 2020

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Sunday, October 25, 2020

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Saturday, October 24, 2020

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

10 CLASSIC MEN'S DESIGNER FRAGRANCES RANKED BY BROOKLYN FRAGRANCE LOVER! (BLIND SNIFF!)

Monday, October 19, 2020

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Saturday, October 17, 2020

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Friday, October 16, 2020

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

NEW! ORZA BY TIZIANA TERENZI FRAGRANCE REVIEW! | PLUM, APPLE, AND CARAMEL EXCELLENCE! (2020)

Sunday, October 11, 2020

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Saturday, October 10, 2020

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

NEW! PEGASUS EXCLUSIF BY PARFUMS DE MARLY FRAGRANCE REVIEW + FULL BOTTLE GIVEAWAY!

NEW! PEGASUS EXCLUSIF BY PARFUMS DE MARLY FRAGRANCE REVIEW + FULL BOTTLE GIVEAWAY! Hey ladies and gentlemen, Steven here from Redolessence, and welcome back to another video. Thank you so much for joining me today. I really do appreciate it. And I hope that this video finds you well. Today, it is my pleasure and my honor to be discussing the brand new fragrance by the company Parfums de Marly, and this one part of its Pegasus line is called Pegasus Exclusif. So make sure to stay tuned.

Now, before I begin my fragrance review of the brand new for 2020 Pegasus Exclusif by Parfums de Marly, I do want to mention that if you are a fan of fragrance related content, if you like fragrance reviews, just like this, but also top 10 videos, giveaways, unboxings, and pretty much anything having to do with fragrance, please do consider supporting this channel by subscribing to it. All you have to do is click on that red button in the corner. And of course, while you're at it, please also be sure to enable notifications by clicking on the bell. Now, before I begin this review, I do want to disclose that this bottle was sent to me, compliments of Parfums de Marly, but as always, all opinions are going to remain my own. I have known about this fragrance for about a year now, since November of 2019, I will tell you all about that, but I also want to give a very special thank you to Parfums de Marly for hosting a full bottle giveaway.

And this is the big size, the 125 ML size. In this giveaway, I will be the one fulfilling it, so it will be open to anywhere in the world. All you have to do is leave a comment down below, let me know where you're located, and also let me know why you would like to win this brand new in box sealed bottle of Pegasus Exclusif. I will be selecting the winner in one week's time. I will be pinning the winning comment to the top of the comment thread. So definitely make sure to come back to this video in one week to see if you've won, I'm excited for this review and I'm excited for you guys.

So this is a brand new release. Like I said, I initially smelled it back in 2019 at ScentXplore. In the beginning of November, the first week of November, when the managing director showed up with a decant of this fragrance. He actually sprayed it on my skin several times. I remember going home that evening, smelling it and just falling in love with it. Well, I smelled it again in the summer of 2020, when I visited their offices to pick up my bottle of Greenley. And I remember receiving a decant of that that I completely burned through. And here I am with a bottle in hand, which I received about a week and a half ago.

So I have about a year's worth of experience with this fragrance, very familiar with the DNA, very familiar with how it smells. And I must say, if you are a fan of the original Pegasus, you will absolutely love Pegasus Exclusif. Of course, this is not the first exclusif fragrance from the brand. We also have Delina Exclusif. Of course, we also have Layton Exclusif. So if you're familiar with what the brand does, when it comes to creating an exclusif version of an existing fragrance, you know that they make a darker, richer, denser, more mysterious, they add this enigmatic quality to the fragrance and then here, of course, with the original Pegasus, which came out eight years ago, they did extract some of those same ingredients with the help of Firmenich they reinvented the fragrance of course, the ingredients that are retained are the vanilla, and of course the bitter almond, but there's this added amber, a touch of smoke, natural oud, sandalwood, guaiac wood. This is such an interesting composition and it's a fantastic fragrance. I'm so excited to tell you about the smell. Let's start things off with the presentation.

The box for this fragrance has a really nice sleek looking matte silver finish to it, which also matches the look and feel and aesthetic of the bottle. You have Pegasus Exclusif written towards the middle here with Edition Royale written towards the bottom. On the very bottom is where you can locate your lot number printed in black ink. And the back of the box just has some information on the company. The top of the box is where you will locate the company's crest. And the box opens up to reveal a podium in which the bottle rests very securely. Like I said, the bottle for this fragrance has this gorgeous matte silver finish to it. I think it looks really sleek and luxurious. Your information, including the lot number is located on the bottom of the bottle. The Parfums de Marly information is located on the top of the cap, it's embossed in the cap. The cap for this fragrance clicks into place very securely. You can pick this one up from the cap and the distribution on the atomizer is very wide. Let's continue with the smell.

This fragrance has one of the best openings that I have ever smelled in a fragrance before. It's so enigmatic, it's so sexy and alluring in the opening. You have that vanilla and the bitter almond, which of course play a harmonious game with one another. And of course they are borrowed from the original Pegasus from eight years ago, which was one of the flagship releases for the brand. And here it just takes that DNA. It takes that composition. It makes it more mysterious, darker, more enigmatic, sexy, alluring. It's super confident without being overly assertive or overly domineering. It has this subtle stoic quality about it, but it's not afraid to express itself. And that's one of the things that I really admire the most about this fragrance. So it opens up with just a little bit of citrus is just there to sort of lure you in and get your attention in the opening. But really the star players in this fragrance are that smokey thing that's going on in here, but also the vanilla and the bitter almond. So it has this cardamom spice note in the opening, which I really think is contributing a great deal to that overall smokey vibe of the fragrance. And I keep using that as a descriptor. If you're familiar with Layton Exclusif and you're familiar with how the base is constructed or structured in that fragrance, you're going to get something quite similar with this fragrance.

So that cardamom is adding this really nice sort of enigmatic and complex quality in the opening of the fragrance. And as you give it a chance to dry down, you are going to get a little bit of lavender, jasmine is also listed as a note. I'm really not getting a whole lot of jasmine, nothing about this fragrance smells floral to me, but I can see how it's maybe adding that accent to the vanilla note, to create that billowy nature that you're going to find in the heart of this perfume. And in terms of the pink pepper, it doesn't give off a rosy quality here. I would say this is largely spicy on account of the cardamom, but I think the cardamom has this duality of a role because it's also contributing to the spice that you're going to find in the base of the fragrance as well.

So there is this natural pud note, but it doesn't smell like a barnyard. It's not challenging. It's not difficult to get along with. I wouldn't say it's convivial either, but I feel like it's paired very nicely with that creamy and textured sandalwood that you're going to get in the base. And that amber accord just really warms things up. It prolongs the sweetness that you're going to get from the vanilla and the bitter almond. And this is such an amazing fragrance. Like I said, if you are a fan of the original Pegasus, there is no way that you are not going to like Pegasus Exclusif. And yet another thing that I absolutely love about this brand is they timed their releases so well, we're just getting into the colder weather now. So if you're looking for one signature scent, one fragrance to purchase and wear, now that the weather is getting a lot colder, this is a no-brainer, this is a stunning and fantastic fragrance to consider for the upcoming fall and winter seasons. It's just an amazing opening, an amazing dry down. It retains that complexity. It has that touch of smoke in here. It has depth. It has a gorgeous personality about it. And you can tell that Parfums de Marly is committed to producing fragrances that will not only intrigue the wearer, provide a level of uniqueness, but are really bold in the statement that they make. If you're familiar with Layton Exclusif, if you're familiar with Kalan, if you're familiar with Godolphin, you know that quality and longevity are two things that Parfums de Marly is notorious for. And Pegasus Exclusif is no exception, fantastic fragrance. I am going to be wearing this so much in the coming months. Let's go ahead and finish things off with my overall assessment.

So first up we have the uniqueness and the overall smell, and this is definitely a unique fragrance, especially considering the fact that it is a flanker to the original Pegasus, which preceded it by eight years. I think so often in the industry, we see companies releasing a flanker to an existing fragrance and it actually ends up smelling nothing like the original fragrance. Here, they do remain true to the original DNA, but they change it just enough that it's a completely reinvented fragrance, albeit at borrowing influences and notes from the original, like the vanilla and the bitter almond, but it's done in such a different way with the amber, the sandalwood, the guaiac wood and those heavier ingredients that you're going to get in the base in partnership, of course, with that natural oud and the cardamom that you're going to get in the opening as well, really diversifying the DNA of this fragrance. The overall smell is incredibly appealing despite the use of cardamom and natural oud, nothing about this fragrance is not agreeable. It's a very easy to get along with fragrance. And it has so many of these addictive elements that will definitely lure you in and draw you in from the onset. In terms of the longevity, I got eight hours on my skin every single time. When I visited the managing director about a week and a half ago to pick up my bottle, he actually did a couple of sprays on my right forearm. And this was mid day, right around 3:00 PM. By the following morning, I was still able to smell it after showering, after trying to scrub it off, it has that lasting power. So you really are getting what you pay for. I think it's a fantastic performer and projection on this one, it will radiate within an arm's length for the first two and a half to three hours of application. It doesn't become a skin scent until about that six and a half to seven hour mark.

So given the notes and given the concentration, I do find that the performance of this fragrance is definitely above average. There's no slouching in the performance department when it comes to this fragrance. Versatility on this one is very good. I do find that given the price and given the way that it smells, I would be inclined to wear this one for a dressed up occasion, special occasion. But like I always say with fragrances, wear what you want when you want, you are free to make that decision. And so if you love the way that it smells, listen, we're fast approaching the colder weather. And so feel free to wear it as often as you want. I do think that this one is better suited for the colder weather. I would 100% recommend the original Pegasus for the hotter weather because of the absence of those heavier notes in the base, especially including the natural oud and the cardamom that you're going to get in the opening as well.

I also find this fragrance to be perfectly unisex given the fact that it contains a lot of ingredients, which are typically and traditionally found in women's perfumes, including but not limited to the vanilla, the bitter almond, the sandalwood, the amber, especially in its use of a lot of Oriental fragrances. And so, and the jasmine, of course, how can we forget that? So it has a lot of these ingredients, which are also typically found in women's fragrances, but there's just something about this one that carries that bold quality with it to the fore. And so this one is definitely heavy on the darker, more sensual and sexy ingredients in the base.

In terms of the presentation, I love that matte silver finish on the bottle. My final verdict for this fragrance is I absolutely love this fragrance, perfect timing of its release. I'm going to be wearing this fragrance so much over the next few months. It's a superb fragrance. It's one that we didn't know we needed, but now that we have it, we're so happy to have it. And Pegasus Exclusif will be one of the next big hits for the brand and it will receive that universal acclaim like Layton, like some of the other super popular fragrances from the brand. Again, if you like Pegasus, you absolutely need to go out there and check out Pegasus Exclusif. I'm 100% confident that you will love this one and I personally love this one very much. So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for tuning in this was my review of Pegasus Exclusif, so happy and fortunate, honored and blessed to have had the opportunity to review this fragrance, but also to conduct this giveaway. Hopefully this bottle will go to one lucky winner. If you claim your prize, which I'll make sure you claim, because I'm going to pin your comment, YouTube is going to send you a notification. I'm going to heart the comment, I'm going to reply to it. I'm going to make sure you get this prize because I don't need two bottles in my collection as much as I want more than one bottle, but I'm really hoping that you win. Best of luck to everybody participating in this giveaway. The only thing you have to do is just leave a comment down below and let me know, where do you live and why are you excited to win this fragrance? That's it. And I will go ahead and pin the winning comment in one week's time. So definitely make sure to come back to this video in one week to see if you won. Thanks again for watching. I love you all and make sure to subscribe to this channel if you took something of value from this video and we'll see you in the next episode. Bye.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

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Monday, October 5, 2020

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Saturday, September 26, 2020

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

NEW! VERSACE EROS EAU DE PARFUM (EDP) REVIEW! + GIVEAWAY! | LONG LASTING FRAGRANCE! (2020)

NEW! VERSACE EROS EAU DE PARFUM (EDP) REVIEW! + GIVEAWAY! | LONG LASTING FRAGRANCE! (2020)

So in 2012 Versace came out with Versace Eros, which was named after the Greek god of love. Here we are eight years later and we have Versace Eros Eau de Parfum. This is said to be the stronger, richer, and re-imagined version of the original. I'm excited to tell you my thoughts, so make sure to stay tuned!

Now, before I begin my fragrance review of Versace Eros Eau de Parfum, I do want to mention that if you are a fan of fragrance related content, if you like fragrance reviews here on YouTube, but also top 10 lists, giveaways, unboxings, and pretty much anything having to do with fragrances, please do consider supporting this channel by subscribing to it. All you have to do is click on that red button in the corner. And of course, while you're at it, please be sure to enable notifications by clicking on the bell. This way, whenever I do upload these videos, they will get delivered straight to your feed. I should also mention that there's going to be a giveaway attached to this video for a 10 milliliter decant. All you have to do is leave a comment down below and let me know: What is your favorite Versace fragrance? If you have one, is it Versace Eros? Is it Eros flame? Is it Versace Pour Homme? The Dreamer? So on and so forth, and also please be sure to tune back into this video in one week's time to see if you've won, because I will be pinning the winning comment to the top of the comment thread. So here we have it, the brand new Versace Eros Eau de Parfum. I actually purchased my bottle from Dillard's quite some time ago, I saw that it was available on Dillard's. A very special thank you to my good friend Chris for letting me know about it. And I made sure to do the expedited shipping option. I paid an extra $30 so that I can have it as soon as possible so that I could spend as much time with it as possible and deliver this video to my loyal subscribers. I also made sure to do a comparison between the original Versace Eros Eau de Toilette So I know just how different it is from the Eau de Toilette. So in other words, if you are a consumer and you're not quite sure which one to purchase the Eau de Toilette or the Eau de Parfum, I'm going to be letting you know what I think. And of course, I also have Versace Eros Flame, which I've done a video on in the past as well. Now, the 2012 was composed by perfumer Aurelien Guichard. And here with the Eau de Parfum version, we are said to have a contrast between the hot and cold, because when we're experiencing love and romance, we have both hot and cooling sensations, and this one has the cooling sensations in the form of of course, mint and geranium. But then the warmth is brought about by notes of vanilla, tonka bean, but also some heavier woods in the base like cedar wood.

We also have vetiver, this leather accord, as well as patchouli. I'm excited to give you my thoughts on this fragrance, but let's go ahead and start things off with the presentation. So in comparison to the Eau de Toilette, you can see that the Eau de Parfum has the Greek key on the perimeter in gold, your serial number's printed on the bottom of the box in black ink, the concentration and ingredients are written on the back and you have Versace written into the top. Now the bottle for the Eau de Parfum is exactly the same as the Eau de Toilette with the exception that it says Eau de Parfum here on the front, you also have the Medusa logo into the cap, the cap for this fragrance clicks in very securely. You can pick this one up from the cap, and the distribution on the atomizer is very wide. Let's continue with the smell.

So in the opening of this fragrance, it's going to open up very sweet. So it opens up with that candied apple, vanilla, tonka bean thing that you also have going on in the eau de toilette. So the sweetness is going to greet you, but it's not going to overwhelm you. I don't think it's a sugary sweetness in the way that a lot of other mass marketed designer men's fragrances have a tendency of being overly sweet or sickeningly sweet. So this one is just enough sweetness, the right amount of sweetness. So as to not overwhelm you or overburden you. EVentually the sweetness starts to settle down. It doesn't fully go away, and it's actually complemented by this mint and geranium combination. Now that sweet, fruity, vanilla-like Tonka bean and minty things starts to settle down. You will get those woodsy facets in the base that start to bring themselves up and start to elevate themselves.

Now, in terms of it being a vetiver scent, I don't get a lot of veterans are from this. As a matter of fact, I feel like I get more Cedar wood primarily more than anything else. And I say that because in my experience that vetiver has a very specific smell. It can either be very dark and brooding, or it can be very fresh, clean, and soapy. And I get neither from this fragrance. As a matter of fact, I do get this very subtle green accent in the base that's coming from that, but truly I believe, but I think it's also complemented quite well with that cedar wood note. Now, if you take a look at the note breakdown for the eau de toilette version, it has Cedar wood from Atlas and also Cedar wood from Virginia. So I would imagine that they're not going to completely do away with that. Instead, they're going to transfer it over to the eau de parfum version and that's precisely what I'm getting from this.

I am getting a woodsy base. I'm not getting any vetiver to speak of, and I'm getting a little bit of an earthy undercurrent now. In terms of it bearing this leathery component, all of the times that I have applied it on skin in the several days that I have spent putting it on my skin, I can't seem to pick up on anything leathery from this fragrance. As a matter of fact, if you're looking for a designer level leather fragrance, I would always recommend that you go with Ombre leather by Tom Ford or Black by Bulgari. There are many other leather options on the market that I wouldn't find myself recommending Versace Eros Eau de Parfum as being a leather dominant fragrance, but you are going to get that fruity opening, that sweet opening with the vanilla and the Tonka bean, you are going to get that minty presence as well.

And I would imagine that that's what sort of conveys that coolness or that freshness. And of course the vanilla conveys the warmth. And I like that it has those woodsy nuances to sort of ground the fragrance. Now to be honest with you, I think that this one is a little bit more mature than the eau de toilette. So the eau de toilette is this club goer, young, vibrant, convivial, he or she is in a good mood. They get to the club. They're eager to dance with as many people as possible. The eau de parfum is the older brother who is not afraid to just take a back seat, you know, sit at the bar for a couple drinks or whatever. And he doesn't necessarily need to be on the dance floor the whole time. Right? He can take a back seat, he can have a few drinks, he can enjoy a slightly different atmosphere, yet one that is encompassed in the same room. That's the kind of vibe that I get from this fragrance, but I also have to be honest with you in saying that in terms of the contrast between the eau de toilette and the Eau de parfum, I don't find there to be much contrast between the two. And what I mean in regards to that is we've seen many other designer brands that have put out their stronger versions in the form of an eau de parfum or a parfum version. So we have eau de toilette, eau de parfum, and parfum versions of Dior Sauvage. We have the same thing going on for Bleu de Chanel. More recently, we have it also going on for fragrances like Spicebomb Night Vision by Viktor and Rolf. We had the eau de toilette. Now we have an eau de parfum. That's exactly the route that Versace Eros is going down at the moment.

And I find that with all of those other fragrances, I can easily distinguish the difference between the eau de toilette and subsequently the pure parfum. In the case of this one, I find it to be quite similar to the eau de toilette. And I would say there's only probably about a 10 to 20% difference between the eau de toilette and the eau de parfum. So if you're looking for something more significant than that, I'm afraid that you're probably not going to find it here, but nevertheless, if you are looking for something that's a little bit richer, something that's a little bit more on the woodsy side with that emphasis of patchouli, but also something that will probably give you an extra hour or two of longevity, definitely check this out, especially if you're new to the Eros collection. Let's go ahead and finish things off with my overall assessment!

So first up in terms of the uniqueness and the overall smell, it's always difficult to gauge the uniqueness of a fragrance, especially when it's a flanker of an existing fragrance, but in the case of Versace Eros, I found the eau de parfum to be just a tad bit unique, because like I said, there's only about a 10 to 20% difference from the eau de toilette.

So in this case, I don't think it's totally unique, but you will see a mild difference between the weaker concentration and now subsequently the stronger concentration, but in terms of the overall smell, it is a great fragrance. It is the type of fragrance that you will be complimented on. It has this mass appeal factor about it. You're not going to offend anybody and you will just generally smell very good and pleasant around other people. In terms of the longevity, expect about eight hours on your skin. That's what I got on my skin all the times that I have tested it. In terms of the projection, expect about two hours of radiation within an arm's length. It doesn't really radiate beyond an arm's length, but it does start to sit closer to the skin around that six and a half to seven hour mark, and that's when it kind of becomes a skin scent.

And the smell on me was a bit on the imperceptible side. In terms of the versatility, I find this one to be quite versatile. I thought that the original was really good for the spring and the summer. And of course you can pull it off in the fall as well. This one you can definitely wear in the fall and you can also get away with wearing it in the winter, as long as it's not super cold outside. I think that this one can be worn casually, as well as dressed up. I feel like it gives you enough of a presence where if you are wearing a suit and tie, this would make for a really nice olfactory accessory and a really nice complement to that wardrobe. And I think that this one is also a little bit more mature smelling. So if you were originally an early college student while wearing this fragrance, now you can graduate to the eau de parfum, which is the one that I have here in front of me.

And I do think that it has a level of maturity that is perhaps lacking in the eau de toilette, but again, don't expect a huge difference. In terms of the presentation, I actually really like the box presentation. That's essentially the only thing that has changed except for the wording here on the front of the bottle. So my final verdict on this fragrance is if you like the original, the eau de toilette of Versace Eros, I find it hard to believe that you won't like the eau de parfum version. I don't think there's much of a difference between the two. And I know a lot of people speak about reformulations when it comes to the eau de toilette. So if you are a new comer to the Eros lineup, I would suggest checking out the Eau de parfum before you check out the eau de toilette, because you're likely to get something a bit stronger and richer and just a tad bit more mature with the eau de parfum.

But in terms of the overall smell, it's a very pleasant fragrance. It's one that'll get you noticed. And it's also one that will land you a few compliments. So there you have it ladies and gentlemen! Thank you so much for tuning in. That was my review of the brand new Versace Eros Eau de Parfum. If you own or have tried this fragrance, please do go ahead and let me know what you think. Leave a comment down below. Also, please don't forget to leave a comment down below. Of course, if you would like to enter to win a 10 milliliter decant, and I will be selecting the winner in one week's time. So please make sure to come back to this video in one week to see if you've won, because I will be pinning the winner's comment to the top of the comment thread. Thanks again for watching. I love you all. We'll see you next time. Bye.

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TOP 10 BEST ZARA FRAGRANCES OF ALL TIME!

Hey ladies and gentlemen, Steven here from Redolessence and welcome back to another video. I hope you're all doing well. And in this video, I'm going to be going over my top 10 favorite fragrances from the company ZARA, so make sure to stay tuned.

So ZARA fragrances are a dime a dozen. It seems like every year they put out 40 new fragrances and one of the reasons for that is because a lot of their fragrances are inspirations of more popular niche or designer fragrances already on the market. One might go as far as calling them colognes and I do feel like for a lot of them it smells so close to the original with the exception that these don't perform as well.

And that seems to be a narrative with a lot of ZARA fragrances as well. There's actually only a couple in this list that I would say last a very long time on my skin, but even those are just very few. A lot of them really don't perform as well. And I think given the price tag, you're going to find yourself paying somewhere between like 12 bucks and 30 bucks.

So given the amount of liquid that you're getting and the price that you're paying, I think there are a lot of people out there that perhaps don't mind reapplying throughout the day or just carrying the bottle with them so that they can freshen up during lunchtime or something like that. And I do think that in the case of many ZARA fragrances, that is a must. Now, I also want to mention that I purchased all of these with my own money. I actually have well over a dozen fragrances from the company ZARA, but I'm going to be focusing it on just these 10 fragrances. And these are fragrances or resonate with me.

Perhaps some of the ones, the higher up in the list, meaning like eight, nine and 10, I don't particularly love, but I think they are quite functional. So I'll go ahead and describe what I think of each one as we go through the list, and also if it does remind me of any other fragrance out there, I'll make sure to tell you which fragrance it reminds me of just to sort of simplify that as well.

Okay, so let's start with the first one and some of these do have rather weird names to them, so I'm going to have to remind myself, and this one is called San Francisco 250 Post Street. And this is one that I think came out in 2015, 2016. I think 2015. It's been out for a while. And this one is their version, I think of Burberry Brit. I own Burberry Brit, and that is a rose dominant fragrance. It's a little powdery as well. It's not very sweet and it kind of has this Fougere feel to it that I really do enjoy. I think that if this really was intended to be their version of Burberry Brit, they didn't do a very good job.

However, I think the fragrance itself smells rather pleasant. I think this is the type of fragrance that I would recommend for somebody who just finished getting a haircut. You want to spray something on that is probably evocative of those typical barbershop fragrances without necessarily it being a blast of lavender and geranium, which I think a lot of barbershop fragrances are. But I think in the case of this one, that powdery effect is what kind of makes me think of barbershop fragrances whenever I smelled this one.

But I do find it to be rather functional. I think it's an efficient fragrance. I think if you're looking for something that just smells pleasant but it's not sweet or citrusy and it's not following the trend that a lot of designer fragrances are following nowadays, I think this one will give you some well-needed variety.

Now, number nine on the list is one that's also their iteration of a more popular fragrance, and this one is called Norrland. So these are fragrances that have Swedish names to them. There's Norrland Kilsbergen and Tiveden, and this is their version of Terre D' Hermes by Hermes. So that has a very bright sort of orange peel, note to it. A lot of people say it smells like bug spray. I don't personally get that. Although, I'm pretty sure it has like citronella oil in there, which is an aroma chemical, but this is their version of Terre D' Hermes, and I think they did a pretty good job with this one.

I think if you're a fan of that DNA, but you're looking for something that was a little bit lighter, I know Terre D' Hermes is available in a couple of different concentrations. There's the EDT and the EDP, the Eau De Parfum. I think this one is much lighter than both of those.

I don't know if this one is available anymore. And this is something that I can say about all of the fragrances in this list. Some of them, I'm pretty confident are still out there, but a lot of the fragrances in this list, I really don't know if they're still available. If I was able to find links for them, I'm going to make sure to include them down below. So just keep that in mind. But this one is their version of Terre D' Hermes. I do think it's quite nice, bright, citrusy. It's appealing, but if you don't like that Terre D' Hermes bright sort of zingy citrus thing that it has going on, perhaps you want to choose some of the other fragrances in this list. But this is number nine on the list for a very efficient and a very functional fragrance.

Number eight on this list is ZARA Man Blue Spirit and I think this is their take on Invictus Aqua by Paco Rabanne. Now, Invictus Aqua is a very successful DNA. It's not complex at all. It's actually quite boring, but I think that for them to take that DNA, bottle it in a very affordable perfume bottle and sell it at a really decent price, I think that this is a product that is likely to sell well. And I would imagine that this one did sell rather well.

I know they kind of utilize that Invictus Aqua or Invictus DNA in several of their offerings, but this is the one that I purchased. I smelled it in stores. It immediately brought or made Invictus Aqua pop up in my mind. And I said, "Okay, this is one that I can see myself wearing a lot to work." And I think another thing that can be said about ZARA fragrances. They're very easy to recommend to somebody who is on a budget. And so if you want to buy a fragrance but you don't necessarily want to shell out an arm and a leg, but you want to buy something that's within that 10 to $30 range, I think they're going to offer you really good value for the amount of money that you're spending. And the presentation is also pretty good. This bottle has some weight to it. Anyway, ZARA Man Blue Spirit kind of has that Invictus Aqua clean ozonic fresh feeling with that undercurrent of sweetness that I think is found in a lot of modern day designer fragrances.

The next one on this list is from the same exact collection as this one. This one is Tiveden. Now, I actually own several fragrances from Zara that smell like Santal 33 by Le Labo. And I think this is the best one. I also have scent number one or the scent number one. And I think this one lasts a little bit longer than the scent number one. Of course, that could also because I purchased this one long before I purchased the scent number one, so this one was probably sitting in here longer. It's had a chance to macerate, but I know that this fragrance will inevitably remind people of Santal 33, but it's a very strongly diluted and watered down version of Santal 33.

It doesn't have the heart. It doesn't have the oomph. It doesn't have so many of these vital components that when you smell it in the air, you're like, "Oh, somebody is wearing Le Labo, right? This one has that sandalwood papyrus thing going on in here very dry and dusty, but it's missing some facets and nuances that I think makes Santal 33 quite special. But if you are not a fan of spending, what is it? $175, $185 for a 50 ML of Santal 33, check this one out. It might actually be worth your time. You might enjoy it.

The next fragrance on this list is their version of Stronger With You by Armani and this one is called Amber Ego. I've also had an opportunity to review this one. I think I've done a review of many of the fragrances in this list. There are some that are just going off my memory. I haven't reviewed it. If there's any interest in me reviewing any that I mentioned in this list, just go ahead and leave a comment down below and let me know which ones you're interested in seeing a review of from me, but this is their version of Stronger With You.

I think that this is a more complex DNA than this one, and I think that this one is a lot better in performance than all of the ones here. And so perhaps this one is doing really well in terms of performance, but this one gives me really good performance. And I think that that's because the Giorgio Armani counterpart is a lot denser and richer and thicker and inevitably because it utilizes a lot of those same notes, I think this one is also going to be likely to do well in the performance department. So longevity on this one was actually quite decent.

I mean it's still on ZARA's level so don't expect something that's going to last 10 hours, but I did find the performance on this one to be rather decent and it utilizes that sweetness and a very nice way similar to the way that it's done in the Giorgio Armani fragrance as well.

So now we're getting into the top five and number five fragrance on this list, I actually wore a lot of, and it's their version of a fragrance that's marketed for women. I've also had the opportunity to review this one, but I love the way that it smells. It kind of has this clean musky thing going on about it. And this is Accord No. 3 Woody.

Again, I don't know if this is still available. It's been a few years since I purchased this one, but this is ZARA's interpretation of B by Balenciaga. I love that fragrance as a more contemporary designer release from the company. I like how it's unique. It's one of those identifiable smells that if I smell it on somebody in public, I'm going to know, "Okay, this person is wearing B by Balenciaga." There's only one other fragrance from the Omnia line by Bvlgari that I actually confuse this one with, but otherwise it's a very unique fragrance and I really enjoy the smell.

I remember trying it. I was actually in the women's section of the store with my wife and she was looking for something and I ended up smelling this one and I said, "You know what? I think I'm going to have to buy this for myself." But it has a very pleasant smell to it, super happy to have it in my collection.

The number four fragrance in this list is actually really high up on this list because this is their version of a fragrance that is super expensive. And so when I found out and I ended up watching another review by a fragrance reviewer here on YouTube whose name is Emitsu, he has a channel called Simply Put Scents. He actually did a review on this one and he compared it to this other fragrance which surprise, surprise, just like this one is Le Labo, but this one is their version of Another 13 and that one if I'm not mistaken, was a collect City Exclusive. And the City Exclusives are twice as much as their standard line, which includes like Vetiver 46, Rose 31, Santal 33 so on and so forth.

And given the fact that this one smelled so close to it because I actually do have experience with the original after which this one is fashioned, I said I have to buy this one. And this one is 4MBROX. Now, I know there's another one that was introduced within this collection that has a similar name but a bit extended. I don't know if it's the same fragrance or not, but this is the one that I'll be talking about today, 4MBROX, and it's in the small cubic bottle here, which actually looks pretty cool.

It has a built in sprayer with a nice distribution to it and it actually does have this sort of synthetic smell to it, but it doesn't smell chemically. So if you don't know Another 13 by Le Labo is a fragrance that is made entirely out of synthetic ingredients. And it utilizes a lot of really interesting aldehydic ingredients that I seem to enjoy, and it has a musky aroma that is really unique, yet pleasant at the same time, and this one is their take and it's a really affordable take on a niche fragrance. So for that reason I said I've got to pick this one up.

Again, it's not one that I've worn a whole lot of just because it's not as appealing on a mass level as some of the other ones in this list are like this one and this one, and even this one, but for reference's sake, I'm really happy to have it in my collection.

So number three on this video is a fragrance that I purchased recently. This one actually came out last year in 2019 and I looked it up online, the perfumers, Jerome Epinette, it was getting compared to a few other fragrances. And I said, "Okay, let me pick this up and let me spend some time with it and see what it's all about." because you know when you smell it in store, you're smelling it up against several other fragrances from the brand and it's easy to get nose fatigue and to get overwhelmed. And so I really wanted to give it its due diligence and I wanted to spend some time with them. And this one is called White Soho.

So again composed by Jerome Epinette who has done many fragrances for Byredo and also Atelier Cologne. A lot of people online were saying that this is their version of Bal d'Afrique by Byredo. It Doesn't really smell much like Bal d'Afrique to me, and that's one that I'm quite familiar with. This one on the other hand actually reminds me of a Bvlgari Pour Homme. That is a fragrance that I've also owned and it has a sort of spicy, fresh feel to it that I really enjoy. It's funny because all I'm smelling in the air now is 4MBROX because I did like four or five sprays of it, so it polluted the air around me.

But this one smells really, really nice. I would also say this is one of the better performing fragrances from the ZARA fragrances that are featured in this list. And so this is one that I'm happy I picked up and I actually enjoy it a little bit more than the other fragrances in this list.

Now, the number two fragrance in this list I like because it's unique and I know there's another fragrance which I guess people are waiting for me to mention, which is Vibrant Leather, right? So Vibrant Leather, I think it's very fresh. It warrants compliments. I think it's appealing on a mass level, but it's like they took the top of Creed Aventus, got rid of the mid, got rid of the base and it just falls apart.

I don't think it's a very good fragrance. I think if you're looking for something that is very bright and fresh and citrusy and kind of puts you in the wheelhouse or the mind of Creed Aventus. I would recommend Explorer by Montblanc. But I think if you're looking for something that kind of has a little bit of that Aventus DNA in there, but really is a unique scent and does its own thing, I really can't recommend this one enough.

This one is actually Vibrant Leather Oud. Now, my only qualm or complaint with this one is I don't get a lot of oud, and you're not going to get real oud with a fragrance that cost this much. You are going to get probably a synthetic oud counterpart. You're going to get cypriol which is used to kind of create an oud effect. It's used in a lot of oud accords, but this one kind of has this leathery dry down that I really like. And this one was also composed by Jerome Epinette and I do find it to be one of more unique fragrances that ZARA has put out.

So as opposed to these other fragrances in this list, which are just their versions of more popular designer or niche fragrances, this one is actually unique and I don't think that this one is fashioned around any other fragrance that is a more popular designer or niche fragrance. So kudos to them for putting out something super unique.

The number one fragrance on this list is one that I haven't been able to fully figure out. For me, it kind of reminds me of a Serge Lutens fragrance that I've tried in the past. I can see it being their version of like a spicy Comme des Garçons fragrance. But this one is very spicy. It's different, it's avant garde, it has a uniqueness to it and it doesn't entirely smell like the note that is listed in the name of the fragrance. It kind of has more of like this black pepper thing going on in there, which I find to be quite unique.

Now, I know what the black pepper, a lot of people might get turned off by it like why would I want to smell like black pepper? But trust me there is a wearable element to this one. And again, when I thought about which fragrances do I want to include in this list, obviously I want them to think of fragrances that were unique, fragrances that were affordable, fragrances that were easygoing, fragrances that had good longevity to them and a lot of ZARA fragrances don't, but this one I think checks all the boxes. I think there is a uniqueness element about it. I think there really is a good bang for your buck.

This is, I think a 120 ML bottles, so it's a rather large bottle. Anyways, let me just go ahead and tell you what it is. This is Sublime Cedar by ZARA. So I've actually done a review of this one if I'm not mistaken, and I know I featured it in a list. I actually think that this is one of the best designer releases for 2019. I think 2019 we've seen a lot of new fragrances.

We've seen an Alien for Men by Thierry Mugler or I think of a flanker, right? We've seen fusion. We've seen a lot of flankers in 2019 but in terms of original releases, and again, I don't know if this is fashioned out of something more popular, but I really enjoy the way that this one smells. I think it gives me really good longevity for what it's worth and I think being the fact that it is a 120 ML bottle, you get a really good bang for your buck. I think I paid around $29.90 cents for this, which is excellent. I really enjoyed this one, Sublime Cedar by ZARA and I did purchase this one with my own money, but congrats guys. I think you put out a really great product with this one and I would like to see more of this style.

Even though it's probably not going to sell as well as probably this one or your original vibrant leather and I know in 2020 they came out with a new one called Vibrant Leather Summer, which I'm looking forward to trying, but this one is actually really, really good and I'm super stoked that I purchased this one. I'll be wearing more of it, especially now while it's still cold outside.

So there you have it ladies and gentlemen. Thank you so much for tuning in. These have been my top 10 favorite fragrances from the company ZARA. I would love to know what you think. Are you a fan of fragrances from the company ZARA? Do you have any favorites? Let me know. Leave a comment down below.

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