Perfumer Rates BEST MEN'S FRAGRANCES OF ALL TIME

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Aaron Terence Hughes joins me to sniff out the best men's fragrances as voted for by Fragrantica users. Aaron will smell each of the best men's colognes and decide if they are worthy of being in the top 10 best men's perfumes of all time.
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@Beo2wolf Жыл бұрын

Aaron so good, he knows his chemistry, he knows his fragrances, he knows sooo much about fragrance composition. I can listen to him breakdown fragrances all day. Thank you.

@edwardtobin169 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting into words about Aaron . I smiled because none of these would be his choice. I am old but found my Shangri-La of perfume . Enjoy your journey. One day like me . Your find the one ted

@Sizzle-zv3cp Жыл бұрын

This is Aaron thank you guys for the kind words

@minimanukuk 6 ай бұрын

For a chemist, he says “smells of chemicals” quite alarmingly

@TheEstelf Жыл бұрын

I love when it's Aaron Terence time

@Alex-eq7uh Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to see you guys together!

@DarkHorseDanny Жыл бұрын

I wish Fragmental did a "Which is your personal favourite of the five?" so we could see which Aaron liked the most before he saw the bottles. But, I guess, judging from his reaction it was Profumo and Bleu De Chanel EDP

@johanwillfred6139 Жыл бұрын

Aaron have a video, something like “Hall of fame fragrances”, it intersects quite a bit

@DarkHorseDanny Жыл бұрын

@@johanwillfred6139 Thanks bro I'll check it out!

@MrW582 Жыл бұрын

Aaron's growing himself a cracking looking Barnet there, always great videos when you guys work together. Always really interesting and honest reviews you should make it a regular series ✌🏽👍🏽

@piemasta93 7 ай бұрын

I am always so impressed with Aaron, this man knows his stuff and he describes everything perfectly where you just understand and say “yup! That’s exactly what I thought” without being able to describe it.

@TipsyGipsy666 Жыл бұрын

This duo always amazing, fragmental provides really good quality review (cinematic video, creativity, professional in delivering message, and also good humour).. Aaron is the best perfumer in youtube (knowledge, chemical breakdown, very objective analysis). Love you guys ❤❤❤❤❤

@RAOqwerty Жыл бұрын

Your videos with Mr. Aaron have been utterly enjoyable. I would love to see you both go fragrance shopping as a video. Both personalities out in a real world setting would be fun to watch as well as seeing what you each pick.

@FRAGMENTAL Жыл бұрын

Good idea!

@Mr.M1STER Жыл бұрын

I like that idea too.

@accradata Жыл бұрын

Me too Aaron is cool

@cheekster777 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris and Aaron. 🙏🏻

@marvyeap Жыл бұрын

Guys, always love it when the 2 of you do a video. I’m in my 40s, and would definitely love to know what are your top 5 men’s fragrance for men in their 40-50s. Many thanks

@chadczternastek Жыл бұрын

I had to clock when I seen I have everyone in the thumb-nail. Good list. I really like the fact these aren't all the ones being over hyped.

@Oher58 Жыл бұрын

Great video like always!

@rammul7801 Жыл бұрын

As always, lovely to see you together regardless of the topic.

@ruddle1168 Жыл бұрын

Great review , bleu de chanel is my fav of that selection . I agree with Aaron they are aimed at younger guys not necessarily men of my age group .

@davebee70 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy it when Aaron is on… Cheers, Chris! Aaron!

@anastasiosmitropoulos1989 Жыл бұрын

I always enjoy Aaron's rating in your channel. Thanks Chris!!

@edwardtobin169 Жыл бұрын

Amazing to see Aaron … He is a fine perfumer . I followed his journey for a year . It’s been Amazing journey to fine a Shangri-La of perfumes ..

@janschoice3855 Жыл бұрын

Great top 5! Surprisingly not one niche fragrance, but of course you don't have to. To my loss I have to say that I only have one of the top 5! Great video! 🍀👍🏻 I should always have Rosendo Mateu nr.5 in my top fragrances!

@MusicLover-01 Жыл бұрын

To my nose, Terre d'hermes EDT is by far the best frag out of that top 5. Timeless, fresh, clean, signature, all seasons, masculine, now unique as less people wear it, masterpiece! ❤️

@attk177 Жыл бұрын

to me it smells like southern French workers feet

@adflicto1 Жыл бұрын

@@attk177 lol u crazy :D

@professionalpookie Жыл бұрын

Smells like Windex

@elliothm8370 Жыл бұрын

But it does NOT last!

@GucciButNotGuilty Жыл бұрын

@@attk177 Oddly specific

@Ci-vaninho Жыл бұрын

Would love to see the best unisex fragrances with aaron :)

@genki2genki Жыл бұрын

I love this even though I've only watched about 30 seconds!

@clausm2203 Жыл бұрын

Great video and profumo still get me compliments

@DarkKnight--22 Жыл бұрын

I'm happy it's in my collection it's amazing.

@78nailbomb 11 ай бұрын

I'm glad my 1st timeless love Profumo and 2nd newer love BdC are on the list.

@ayashin19 Жыл бұрын

That was gen x dropping knowledge

@lynnjr.1842 2 ай бұрын

I’ve been using Tom Fords Noir Extreme EDP as a base and then layering Givenchy Gentleman’s reserve Privee on top and it’s so nice.

@cliffordnorton2674 Жыл бұрын

Please do an old school classics review - like Fahrenheit /Kouros/ Joop - that would be so interesting to learn what you guys think about them! Scentgrail had a good top 10 with these on ;) Thanks guys 🙏

@joshmercado4181 8 ай бұрын

I can listen to Aaron all day

@clapforboobies5892 Жыл бұрын

Funny that the smell of lipstick is the most popular smell for men

@derrickbell2338 Жыл бұрын

Soy boys. Although its scientifically proven women like a more feminine smell on men so theres that.

@giba232 Жыл бұрын

Indeed, I must be of the very few that totally hates it.

@paulwarrington1966 Жыл бұрын

I smelt it in a shop and it smelt like taking a deep sniff inside a woman's handbag. Don't blind buy this!

@Jiggy609 Жыл бұрын

@@paulwarrington1966women love it tho

@thomasglover7937 Жыл бұрын

It’s not the most popular though? Sauvage probably outsells DHI probably, what? 50 to 1? 100 to 1? 200 to 1? 500 to 1? DHI is just a fragcomm darling. Out in the real world, your average man isn’t buying make up smelling fragrances

@marvyeap Жыл бұрын

My fav from Dior is definitely Tobacolor. its awesome.

@justmike6377 Жыл бұрын

I didn't initially love hermes but quickly changed my mind. I dig it, smells great and isn't what everyone else is wearing, imo. Cheers

@JohnDoe-zw8nq Жыл бұрын

Good point Aaron makes at 7:00

@Gorevek Жыл бұрын

I obviously wouldn't say All Time as it hasn't been around as long but Homme from ATH, is a lovely Iris/Orris fragrance. Aaron has done an amazing job with Homme. Nice Creamy Iris scent.

@PapiAndrey Жыл бұрын

Is it anything like the Dior homme lineup? I love the scent of iris/orris and i’ve been meaning to get something from his brand

@kez850 Жыл бұрын

@@PapiAndrey it did remind me a lot of Intense/parfum.. but my nose tends to ignore certain notes and amplify others after getting the “ick” a couple years back.

@maxjohnson1758 Жыл бұрын

@@kez850 That lasted about 6 months with me, but the head fog has lasted more than a year. Very strange.

@darkknightlight Жыл бұрын

Aqua di gio profumo is hard to find nowadays. I like it because like they said it's good for any occasion. I own bleu de chanel edp and savauge edp and love them both just a bit expensive. So for the price when you could find it, Aqua di gio profumo is great.

@jonydory622 Жыл бұрын

Demachy is my favorite perfumer . Since his departure from Dior , I’m really worried. Î’m buying back up bottles from the house left and right.

@Joshua_Nikolai Жыл бұрын

Polo Green from the 80’s and early 90’s. One of the greatest for sure.

@dejantodorovic6542 Жыл бұрын

The best and only Egoiste for winter The second live Jazz for summer

@HorologicRannygazoo Жыл бұрын

I remember Aaron saying that Dior's ROSE Élixir Précieux was the fragrance that made him want to become a perfumer, which was also by Demachy.

@stephenpatton703 Жыл бұрын

i can remember trying the rose elixir in dior boutique, WOW!

@kunalkarthikiyer1789 5 ай бұрын

Chris Chris CHRIS! for a change I am not going to comment on perfumes but ask you a question - where did you get that shirt from!!! One beautiful piece of clothing!! I am going to be searching for this one on shops now. Thanks for all the valuable pointers and remarks on fragrances over all these years.

@aldo1773 3 ай бұрын

its called batik mate

@philippedelorme6296 Жыл бұрын

A list is obviously subject to criticism. I would say this is a very good one. Love Dior Homme intense and Terre d’Hermes.

@gameofthronesseason8istras215 Жыл бұрын

How long to it last

@warrenamulvey Жыл бұрын

Would LOVE to know what he thinks of Alexandria fragrances!

@zachripa4158 7 ай бұрын

Never knew these were rated top 5 of all time : I’m a collector and have all of these except for Hermes . I’ve also had it and never liked something about it ! I lean more towards warm ambery frangrences my self .

@ianokay Жыл бұрын

I really like hearing that ATH is becoming interested in light versatile scents that can be worn in a Spanish climate and perhaps moving away just from the obnoxious heavy-handed screamers; seems like he's growing a bit more sophisticated in his perfumery in understanding the power and difficulty in subtlety. Also seems like he's interested in MFK who is a master of that art. Makes me really excited for his next line of releases.

@marielang9474 10 ай бұрын

Why Spanish climate? Isn't he in Mexico

@ianokay 10 ай бұрын

@@marielang9474 No idea, I'm just referring to the proximity of Spain to the UK where he lives, and that it's a common travel destination for great hot weather that he doesn't experience and wear fragrance in otherwise

@d.scentgent5382 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see Aaron's thoughts on Terre D'Hermes Pure Parfum. Like him, I didn't care much for the EDT as it was too sharp & screechy for my tastes. But I imme knew the Parfum was what I was waiting to smell. It took what I loved about the DNA and smoothed everything out.

@jcharles65 Жыл бұрын

Such an amazing version, I agree!

@mixsignal91 Жыл бұрын

I 100% agree. I much prefer the Parfum. It's so good.

@Gabos_Parfums Жыл бұрын

I love ATH Legend however it doesn’t last that long on my skin only like 4 hours and on clothes like 6-7 hours please make this last longer, Aaron you the best greetings from Baja California mexico🤘🏻

@RichardOliver Жыл бұрын

Which version are you using, though? The 2021 version I agree, could have performed slightly better, but the 2022 and 2023 versions seem to be better.

@Enoc63 Жыл бұрын

I say I'm still a beginner in the frag game but i know BDC EDP is my forever favorite. It's addicting and uplifting to me :)

@evsspecialeditionbarbie Жыл бұрын

Was the first fragrance I bought. My mom had come back from getting something at Ulta & the cashier offered her a sample of bdc edp which she gave to me. It was that good I actually wanted a bottle. After getting into fragrances & smelling the whole store I can still say bdc edp is excellent & I'm glad it's my first buy.

@Enoc63 Жыл бұрын

@@evsspecialeditionbarbie that’s cool man! For me it’s been backwards , I’ve smelled pretty much the usual scents you get recommended by reviewers and so far there’s absolutely nothing that has been able to top it for me. I been on the search for something that could but I haven’t found it yet lol

@scottmartin4352 Жыл бұрын

Profumo is my favorite of the other lineup? Chanel de blue is a close second

@Dasani31 Жыл бұрын

Aaron’s shirt holding its dear life

@felixrehmet4461 Жыл бұрын

For me it's (order could be debated) Oud Wood, AdG, Kouros, BdC EDP and Fougère Royal. Not only because of their smell but the impact they've had on the fragrance industry.

@ozhunter6708 Жыл бұрын

Cool water, eternity, grey flannel

@TateGg-ji5lf Жыл бұрын

Aaron is a genius. These are the best collaborations on you tube

@doctordreday22 Жыл бұрын

Phenomenal performance ATH.

@domrice8628 Жыл бұрын

The best of all time is Hermes bel ami the shaker bottle or vintage kouros,The best modern perfumes are Frederic malle promise,interlude man,and jubilation

@robo2606 Жыл бұрын

Best video on straps I've seen! I own a Seiko 5 Sports Suits with a black dial and a Milanese strap and I like the look 😎

@smilinkylen5621 6 ай бұрын

You guys are a great odd pair! Aaron is the artistic spiritual shaman and youre the sharp and eloquent go getter.

@hworth3 Жыл бұрын

Aaron! I just put three people on to his line! They purchased hard candy, ozone and homme 😁. Need a new customer service rep, I gotcha 😂😂. Great video Frag.

@FRAGMENTAL Жыл бұрын

Great job!

@garyverth4887 Жыл бұрын

I just picked up JPG, Le Male, Le Parfum. I'm quite fussy and that smelt the best out of many to me.

@soulerflare7 Жыл бұрын

Le Parfum is in my top 3 ever . I love that stuff and I never get olfactory fatigue either .

@chadczternastek Жыл бұрын

I LOVE the King Louis XIV Of France shirt. King 👑

@erarmas Жыл бұрын

Enjoyable videos!

@Frank-DuxVanDamme Жыл бұрын

I never got used to Profumo. Really tried it but didn't find what I was looking for.

@joeydirty6112 Жыл бұрын

Profumo is a great scent! I get compliments and it lasts all day! A fresh and masculine fragrance!

@amarg7657 Жыл бұрын

didnt the discontinue it

@beenheem7590 Жыл бұрын

@@amarg7657yeah but you can still pick it up

@amarg7657 Жыл бұрын

@@beenheem7590 technically yeah you can pick it , it’s actually my favorite summer scent so sad it’s discontinued

@diljoe9678 Жыл бұрын

@@amarg7657 people have been saying that for years… it’s still available on a few sites. my bottle I just got was made late 2022

@amarg7657 Жыл бұрын

@@diljoe9678 what sites do you use if u don’t mind me asking I can’t find it on the main site maybe discounters?

@dans4786 6 ай бұрын

Homme intense with its pear highlights is so damn good

@soulerflare7 Жыл бұрын

I like the fact that Aaron really likes Profumo . My wife really likes that on me .

@MrKnight1337 Жыл бұрын

terre d'hermes - Eau Givree, the new one is awesome

@AmbercoolPhotography Жыл бұрын

ATH. My favorite videos.

@Oliwr81 Жыл бұрын

Aaron has mad skills...

@ericwgriffithford6305 Жыл бұрын

*There are hundreds of wonderful men's fragrances that are not featured on "FRAGRANTICA". I'm in an older age bracket 35 - 50+ and we would add more intense niche fragrances. All ATH fragrances are awesome - also; Joop, Issey Miyake, D'orange Vert Concentre - Hermes, Papillon - Spell 125, Herod - Parfums de Marly, Frederic Malle - French Lover, Halfeti Cedar - Penhaligon's, Jean Paul Gautier - Le Male*

@B12OADY Жыл бұрын

Great point there near the end guys. This really appears to be a list composed by guys in their 20 -30's probably towards the beginning of a fragrance journey who have likely bought stuff based on Top 10 KZfaq vids & hype. It doesn't strike me as a list of any great depth or experience for an 'ALL TIME' list IMO

@hoo_jii Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@watchmewithwatches Жыл бұрын

Agreed also

@JustAnotherLou 10 ай бұрын

I love the fact that ATH wants nothing to do with Fragantica, popular doesn't equal good, is actually great having a professional opinion to make that clear

@bigbruce1517 Жыл бұрын

Hello Chris. Do you do the voiceovers for Jet 2?

@johnmaloney1681 7 ай бұрын

I have all of these, except for Dior Parfum. Best IMO is TDH, but I'm in the "gentlemen" age category. Sublime. I'd replace both Diors w/ Dior Homme 2020 and PDM Layton.

@antont4947 Жыл бұрын

I’m first ! 😃😁👍 Great video as always !

@mrrob4590 Жыл бұрын

Do a classic list guys.

@justaddlight Жыл бұрын

I think we'll all interested to see what FK does next with Dior!! 😵‍💫

@FRAGMENTAL Жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

@lisbethfdez5853 Жыл бұрын

Was he trying to say Givency Gentlemen Reserve Privee when he said the tobacco color one? I had a chance to but it at Sephora but passed due to not wanted to blind buy. Really curious though because it is compared to Dior Homme Intense which is my favorite at the moment.

@kirky9449 Жыл бұрын

I think he was talking about Tobacolor from Dior's private collection but I could be wrong. Reserve Privee is a good fragrance for sure but it doesn't perform on me at all which is a shame.

@clapforboobies5892 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a vid comparing DHI to valentino uomo intense? They smell very similar to me

@jonstern7511 Жыл бұрын

Good to hear Aaron call Iso E Super "spikey". That's exactly the effect it has on me and not a good one. I am a perfume novice but can now spot it in Fragrances when it is in high quantity certainly. It ruins Terre D'Hermes and Lalique Encre Noire for me and I also spot it in Rochas Moustache EDP I think and Proraso Cypress and Vetiver

@raulsaavedra709 Жыл бұрын

I understand Fahrenheit has it in spades. I love the note on its owm, and I love Fahrenheit. But very many fragrances have it, even women's ones.

@jonstern7511 Жыл бұрын

@@raulsaavedra709 thanks. I haven't tried Fahrenheit. Yes as you say it's very common. Amd I realise most people are fine with it but there are a few of us who aren't. I wish fragrances would list it as an ingredient. They list, and in some cases have restriction on many natural compounds but not on that. The ones I mentioned like Terre D'Hermes and Encre Noire supposedly have it in incredibly high quantities, which may be why I noticed it. Whether I notice it when in lower quantities I don't know

@raulsaavedra709 Жыл бұрын

@@jonstern7511 Best way to check that you are noticing the right thing is to smell just that. So try to check Eccentric Molecules Molecule 01, which is just Iso-E Super. Else you can buy the chemical online for not much, e.g. 20 ml concentrate for less than €10. I have bought it and mixed it with natural ethanol to create my own DIY "Only Iso E Super" fragrance, ends up quite cheaper than Molecule 01

@jonstern7511 Жыл бұрын

@@raulsaavedra709 I'm pretty sure I am as I smell it first and then look up the fragrance and see - in the case of Terre D'Hermes and Lalique Encre Noire at least - that they don't just have it in but have it in in very high quantities. But yes you are correct. It would be good to try the actual thing and I will do if I find the Essentric molecules in a shop with a tester (I'm certainly not going to pay money to do so to get something I don't like)

@raulsaavedra709 Жыл бұрын

@@jonstern7511 Suggested that because both Terre de Hermes and Encre Noire have strong vetiver notes, and maybe it's something about vetiver giving you that spiky sense, possibly not iso E super itself? Iso E Super is woody and very inoffensive in general, a soft smell of pencil shavings, some people can't even sense it. However vetiver is known to be challenging for many people. Vetivers actually, since there are several kinds.

@ta9891 Жыл бұрын

not sure who is voting Dior Homme intense. Is it nice? Yes. But all I pick up after the dry down is iris. A girl smelt it on me and said it smells like chalk

@taha7538 Жыл бұрын

I’m curious about his feelings for fragrantica ?

@commandoazbo5266 Жыл бұрын

Carbon is a good fragrance to make other perfumes more lasting.

@Kickback79 Жыл бұрын

Dior Homme Intense 🔥🔥

@riseuplight Жыл бұрын

There's just something about classic Parisian fragrances that the fragcomm goes crazy over

@BungleTheGooner Жыл бұрын

ATH’s Hard Candy is top 5. Wish they shipped to Japan…. 😢

@p.l.3377 Жыл бұрын

I’m gonna treat myself to ATH Homme. It will be my first niche fragrance

@FRAGMENTAL Жыл бұрын

It’s a beaut!

@ohfour-seven6228 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to have seen Balenciaga Pour Homme in the top 5 of all time, but I'm guessing most Fragrantica voters have never smelled it. Great to see your and Aaron's take on these!

@samyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

Aaron is like “please, no more of these blind tests” 😂

@barygol 6 ай бұрын

Is this a list of best perfumes or best sold? How about including spectacular niche fragrances?

@commandoazbo5266 Жыл бұрын

Forbidden is a good one

@bravesirrobin1793 Жыл бұрын

I had Profumo, I just couldn't get into it at all, I think Profondo is better and have gotten more compliments from the ladies. To each their own.

@shabbajames5565 Жыл бұрын

Aaron the goat

@gedvalaitis4877 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad Hermes Terre de Hermes was there. I always thought in was one of the best designer frags of the past 15 years.

@scottmartin4352 Жыл бұрын

Good morning fragmental

@FRAGMENTAL Жыл бұрын

Morning!

@watchmewithwatches Жыл бұрын

It's a shame dior eau sauvage edt isn't on the top 5 fragrantica list. Even though it's "old fashioned" it's truly stunning to me. The same goes for Tom Ford Grey Vetiver edp. Truly dreamy. Great vid, love you guys!

@clemenza4 Жыл бұрын

I can think of 20 parfumes that are better than sauvage edt

@watchmewithwatches Жыл бұрын

@@clemenza4 eau sauvage, the one from 1966

@clemenza4 Жыл бұрын

@@watchmewithwatches ah sorry, havent tried that one yet

@watchmewithwatches Жыл бұрын

@clemenza4 it's a classic! Some may say "old man" but it's much more than that.

@destroyourselves 11 ай бұрын

I'm honestly not a fan of the dior fragrances here. Too heavy on the iris for my liking. I do love he mentioned Tobacolor, however. One of my favorites

@Dan_Gleeballs Жыл бұрын

Seems as tho Easter is around the corner could I suggest a hunt for the best chocolate fragrance of all time. Think you might actually smash this one, in the style of an Easter egg hunt 😂

@shinylittlestar4958 Жыл бұрын

Is there any unisex dupe for Dior Homme Intense? I am dying for this fragrance, but don't dare to wear it cause I am female.

@pwj86772 Жыл бұрын

I love dior homme parfum….but man is it hard to wear, it’s very polarizing. It’s actually very animalistic the more you wear it and the more your nose becomes accustomed to the iris.