People will continue to buy clones/dupes when companies are reformulating their very expensive fragrances, until they stop doing so, clones are amazing.

This is outstanding Aaron. Covering Armaf’s perfume can be great of understanding whether these ‘so called’ legendary perfumes actually command such price and attention.

This is amazing. Sillage lasts longer than my Silver mountain water. And yes,I can’t explain why but I love this more than my SMW. It’s a 10 out of 10 for me. And the price, it’s a no brainer!

Sillage smells more like SMW than SMW does now

Love your honesty Aaron :) I'm not a really big fan of dupes, but sometimes that's the only way to have a glimpse of the former glory of those fragrances, although I'm aware of that they probably are not a 100% replica of the original. I'm eager to see your upcoming comparison video 😬

I really respect your honesty specially with the dupes and I can't blame you, you know your stuff and the hard work behind creating perfumes. I appreciate you reviewing clones of perfume houses who (almost always) charge ridiculous prices while reformulating their perfume for the worst. I myself have the originals and their respective clones, casually wear the clones and the original for special occasions.

I Really appreciate Arron and what he does! Along with his great ATH line of fragrances just keeping it real and putting his personal preferences aside to give honest reviews and recommendations. I can say true man of the people. You certainly put quality into your work!!! Waiting on that tabac intense also😂

Another great review Aaron. Thank you! I agree with you. If Niche companies will constantly reformulate their perfumes, then there is definitely a chance for other companies to duplicate their work and make it even better with fraction of the price.

Yess, Aaron, we would be happy to hear your thoughts on good quality clones, e.g., Alhambra TF dupes, Lattafa, Afnan, Rasasi.

I’d love to see you try Mefisto from Xerjoff as well, as that is often compared to Silver Mountain Water. I think seeing a comparison between this fragrance, Silver Mountain Water and Mefisto would be quite interesting. Great video as always, and keep up the fine work!

I bought the original SMW and I remember spraying 10 times on my clothes and I couldnt smell it… thinking I went Nose blind I asked people around me and no one could smell it unless I shoved my clothes in their nose….. definitely reformulated

Can’t wait for the comparison video Aaron

When it's released, I look forward to your honest review of Armaf Club De Nuit Obsidian, a dupe of ATH Onyx. 😅

I've mentioned this in other video comment sections but this is one of the few clones I own. I have about 20ml left in a decant from a 2016 bottle of Silver Mountain Water. In my estimation, Sillage is definitely a close approximation. I'd say about 85% close...maybe 90% assuming you're smelling it in the air and not showing your face into your skin. For me, there are a few distinguishing characteristics between the two. CdNS opens closer to the OG's drydown of current formulation and kinda stays there longer as it's quite linear which is to be expected. I also get noticeably less blackcurrent in Sillage...less black tea and the sparkle that petitgrain offers in SMW is somewhat there but more subtle and different. Smells like the petitgrain has been replaced by the ginger. The inky note has certainly been toned down as well and dries down more floral to my nose. The clone smells essentially like a more mass-appealing, stable version of the current original to the average nose in my experience. Are there differences? Of course...you'll notice them right away if you know what you're looking for. Does the clone smell close? Absolutely, and will offer better performance for a fraction of the price without having to pay a premium for a more vintage batch. Despite what some little freak says in every SMW video he can find, you will be hard-pressed to distinguish them in the air. In fact, I'd bet 99% of people wouldn't be able to. That being said, I still prefer older batches of Silver Mountain Water. It smells better, a bit more interesting, and performs very well on my skin. If a good deal can be had on a vintage bottle and you enjoy that scent-profile, it's absolutely worth it. Otherwise, don't pay the exorbitant price-tag many often charge for it. Not worth it at all unless you're buying it purely from a collector's standpoint.

I know this is an old vid, but remember...the guy who did all the hard work to create the original (Bourdon) never got paid for it by Creed. So if another company now rips off Creed--who cares? What goes around comes around. Especially if Armaf does a better job of it. Looking forward to your comparison.

I agree with your take on dupes. "If these companies are going to make things weaker and reformulate... while these companies come and do it cheaper... they've got themselves to blame."

Thank you Aaron! Love all your reviews of clones. ❤

I think it's really cool that you did this review, and despite your reservations. I appreciate how you are informative and also approached the industry from a unique standpoint! Go unicorns! :-)

SMW is more sweet and smooth at the opening but after 1hr you can barely smell the difference and Sillage keep his journey for 6 hrs at least. SMW after 6hrs it's just a sweet memory 🤣 Sillage is an outstanding fragrance! Nice review Aaron ❤

My wife bought me the Creed sample pack from John Lewis (£38). Can’t say I was impressed, was expecting to be blown away by the likes of Aventus and Green Irish tweed. Aventus just smelled like lemon cleaning product to me. GIT was like a too strong Coolwater, MI and SMW were meh and disappeared in a couple of hours. I loved original Vetiver, but again it didn’t last long before it was gone from my skin. I certainly wouldn’t pay £295 for 100ml of any Creed product…

I would have loved for creed to just have been great and slightly less expensive, but it is what it is. Sillage happens to be one of the few clones that I cannot differentiate from the original at all.

Great vid. Silage is my daily wear, wonderful that I don’t have to fork out for a reduced power smw any more.

I know you hate clones but reviewing them and providing an insight to how and where the clone cut corners would be really insightful

First time I’m seeing your hair like this, LOVE it!!! :)

Creed Royal Oud Aaron! I paid 500 bucks for a 100ml bottle of this epic juice....it's really good!!!Thing is it's now more like 700 a bottle....crazy prices..

Very fan of your sincerity and honesty🙌🏻

Aaron…… I hang on every word with interest…… fascinating for a fragrance lover and really value your opinion. Thank you for sharing your content and thoughts. Hair is looking fire IMO 👍👊🏻

Very Nice Aaron!!!Cant wait for Boss basterd Hard Candy Forbidden!!!! Thanks it should be here tomorrow or today!!

When I owned SMW in 2016 it was a good performer, my Sillage is absolutely nuclear! For the price, this is a must if you like SMW. I don’t have the original to compare but definitely getting similar vibes. This is so strong, 2 sprays is more than enough.

It's cool you review this type of perfume, ty.

Great review. I've heard Sillage smells more like the original SMW than the current SMW. Sillage gives me a headache unfortunately but it's probably the best dupe I've ever tried

When can we see Aaron's personal perfume collection? 😄

Great review. I have a bottle of SMW that's about 5 years old, I'm guessing it's not current formulation but also not original formulation. I've never had problems with strength but then I have pretty oily skin and most scents last well on me. I agree with you, if Creed is no longer making a quality product that lasts, then go for the dupe.

I love seeing this kind of a review! If the big Niche Houses were keeping the quality/performance that got everyone hooked on them, clones/dupes wouldn't be getting as much traction as they are now. I'm new into checking out a lot of fragrances. Especially niche fragrances, but I find myself gravitating towards the clones/dupes over the original more and more. The quality gaps aren't justifying the price gaps. I'd love to see you do more of these with the big clone houses. If you do Club de Nuit Intense Man, please do the Limited Edition version. It skips that lemon pledge opening people talk about. Also Tres Nuit and Amber Oud Carbon Edition would be cool to see your thoughts on compared to Green Irish Tweed. Which are my favorite!

ATH: you are fantastic! i love the chemistry-related details you share with us. 💝

Tried the two side by side. Will say newer formulations of Silver Mountain water and Sillage smell similar, but performance on Sillage is so much better on my skin. Same thing with Milliseme Imperial and Milestone

I never get compliments on this one. When I do wear it it's really for my enjoyment. It reminds me of a hot dusty summer afternoon and it starts to rain. That dusty dry water smell is what my nose picks up. So strange that a person would want to smell like that but enjoyable.

Sillage for $29 from Amazon blows away SMW, a bottle I finished a few months ago. Smells exactly the same, but better, if that makes sense. I can say, this clone is better than the original.

I LOVE your videos. I love the science breakdown. You are such an artist. I paid 33 dollars on May 10 2023 in us. So nice.

Just bought it today and I am happy ❤😊 love you Aaron

This perfumery channel is so underrated. The best fragrance channel so far.

Sillage and Milestone are both absolutely belting clones of SMW and Millesime Imperial but last way longer than either of the Creeds. 👍👍👍

This is really close to smw ...I love this more tho ..because it performs better and last longer...really love CDNS

This scent shine in it's drydown.never judge this perfume for first 2hours😏✌️

Thank you for your honesty, seriously 🍻

Next time I'm visiting Manchester, (im from Sweden) I will visit your shop and try your perfumes and hopefully buy one, cant wait :D

I have 2019 creed smw and this.. and yes the dupe is stromger haha. 2019 smw has smooth but damp wet woody smell but it feels higher quality if you sniff at close... but in the air its all same or similar smell.. and dupe is better at that haha

Wearing it this morning , hits hard at the start then backs off. x3 sprays on skin then reapply via travel atomizer hours later. Works really well of some of my clothes👍

Could you please do CDN milestone? Huge fan!

Thank you Aaron! I so trust your reviews! After hearing your review I simply have to get this for my husband. Btw, I absolutely love your hair. The fringe really brings out your beautiful eyes. 💯!

Thanks for doing this one… I’ve really been hoping to hear your opinion on a couple of these (this one and Milestone), especially because of all the comments below about it being better and more true to the original. Thank you!

I have both this and SMW and apart from the opening with the clone they are very hard to apart if you did not know . Great review .

I have both and I've AB compared them. SMW is probably my favourite or at the least top 3 Creed, it's stunning. Sillage has an added Rose note not found in SMW which sets them apart. Sillage also has a strong ginger / almost cumin like spice note in the opening that lasts for 5 minutes or so, this can be a touch polarising and slightly harsh but still pleasant. However once sillage drys down it moves into a 90% identical direction to SMW albeit slightly more masculine. Obviously SMW has higher quality materials including Ambergris which gives it a more special je ne sais quoi and is more sparkly. SMW lasts on me for about 6 hours with 1-2hours of moderate projection, so not bad for a freshie. Sillage lasts around 8-10+ hours with 3 hours or solid projection, almost a beast. For the price, Sillage is brilliant and I wear it often to save my SMW. Overall, excellent frag from Armaf and only get SMW if like me you value the quality of it and the special feeling it gives you, otherwise save your money and get Sillage.

Looking forward to the comparison video , silver mountain water is one of my favorite fragrances . It's actually very strong on me from my experience and what people tell me.

Smw reminded me of my mams hair moose when she was perming her hair in the 90s for a night out

Armaf are amazing tbh. So much cheaper than creed etc but so much longer lasting now. I have actual creeds but I prefer armaf now. It’s a no brainer to get it over creed these days.

Your hair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW WOW.........Love It Brother Aaron!!

I purchased this over a year ago, applied it once & haven’t tried it since. The opening was an instant turn off & I immediately wanted it off my skin. Not saying it’s a bad fragrance it’s just not for me 🤷🏽‍♂️ .. Enjoyed your thoughts/review! On a side note can we get some more Hard Candy & Hard Candy Elixir in the U.S. asap please! 🤣🤣

My older bottles of SMW smell great , creed has been watered down I feel great review as always Aaron .

I would love to hear you do a review on either of two of my favorite perfumes: Cherry Punk by Room 1015, or Late Harvest by Fort & Manle.

I like to wash with Cremo Silver water (basically sillage soap) and then spray Sillage after toweling on a really hot day. Sillage was made for high heat.

Aaron!!! First Thanks 4 the video............I'm surprised that you like this one 🤯🤯........I dig it also!!! My tax bracket wont allow me to buy the original but hay, that's what dupes are 4!!! Keep em coming

Pleaaase review ORTO PARISI MEGAMARE!!!

Maybe my nose is broken. People love this fragrance and to me it just smells like good hygiene. I would say that the fragrance is definitely well done but it just smells like a clean person to me. I don't believe there's anything breathtaking about it.

All the way from kenya here i got this perfume and am selling it

My Signature Scent!

Armaf CDN Iconic next please? You'll be the first perfumer to review that BDC clone if you do so. 😊

Better than the original, but the note is that in the 2022 battle is more Bergamont opening smelling very clean and bottle of 2021 is more mellow metal on type opening

looking forward to the comparison, please do Milestone vs Imperial

The only reviewer I trust😊😊

We are still missing the comparison video :((

Great review Aaron! Curious about your input on Afnan Highness Green! Hopefully you get the chance to check it out one day.

Branding idea add Mr in front of the ATH line and call it MATH because that shit adds up bro. Keep up the good work

I had a sample of smw really long back and i remembered i loved it!!!! I need to get my hands on this

Aaron, I hope you don’t take the use of your first name as disrespectful coming from a stranger on the internet, I have to tell you something. I got heavily into fragrances recently. I had been going through a nightmare of a time.( partially physically disabled, father passed away and lost the love of my life) I stumbled down the fragrance rabbit hole because I discovered Jeremy Fragrance. Then that led me to discover Gents Scents. I was looking into Initio Side Effect, and that brought me to your review. While the the spectacle of JF is intriguing, and GS is a lovable every man, you bring something different to the table. Your reviews involve both science and art. The way you convey information is outstanding. Both informative and entertaining. I’m amazed that you don’t have a million subscribers, honestly. I just wanted to thank you for your videos. I’ve found that fragrance transports me to different places, outside of my crippled body and depression, and you have helped me understand how and why it does that. You are greatly appreciated.

I would love to see a Milestone review, because the reformulation of Millesime Imperial reduced the longevity from 2 hours to 30 minutes. Bruh

won't say too much, except, Armaf is smashing it!!!

Smw vs sillage || aventus vs cdnim limited edition || millisime imperial vs milestone . It will put creed into shame for pricing premium

Thank you Aaron.

Thing is, Armaf already has a clone of SMW in Derby Club House Blanche, which is outstanding IMO.

I'd buy silver mountain water if it was worth it but I'm not paying just for the brand, if it at least lasted as long as this dupe then I would not mind the higher price as much but when you feel the quality is lacking on the more expensive product and the price difference is as big as it is, I'll go with the dupe unfortunately as it is just what makes sense to me. So far the only brand I buy dupes of though is creed and I would say that is a reflection on how they do business. PDM unfortunately seem to do a similar thing with weaker reformulations so perhaps I'll look for some dupes from them too down the road but ideally they just go back to their old concentration and everyone is happy (I returned my last bottle from PDM as the concentration written on the bottle was 4% lower than what was written on the box, apparently the box was wrong due to the fact they had used old boxes for their new formulation bottles so unless you checked out of curiosity you would get tricked by the box! Very sneaky!)

Have you reviewed CDN milestone? It's a MI dupe

Aaron you should review Mefisto from Xerjoff if you like this type of smell , I would be really curious about your take on that one. ❤

I personally prefer the other flanker that they released before this one. Milestone that is a dupe of Creed Millesime Imperial. Would love to know your thoughts on that one. The bottle is better in that one. Well sorta. Have a nice day. 😊👏

ive gone through a whole bottle of both SMW and Sillage, they are nothing alike to me. SMW smells so much more natural and fresher, the sandalwood jumps out more. Sillage almost smells like body odour in high heat, way too inky too.

i get rose in Sillage and that throws the vibe off for me because i don’t get that in SMW which i enjoy more.

now do CDN Milestone

I have 6 of Aaron’s line! My absolute favorite fragrances out of the 200+ that I have. Homme is like a niche dhi and Dior has always been at the top of my list for a really long time. In the hard candy elixir. Makes women tell me all the time how they just want to bite me. 😂😂😂😂

why my bottle of sillage smells like pure bug spray ? :/ i gave multiple tries and time , does not change , anyone experience the same??

Does this have to macerate like CDNIM?

Looking forward to your thoughts on Creed Millesime Imperial

I sold this one quickly. Gave it couple tries. But it was absolute toilet cleaner to me. It didnt develop for me. I had probably the first batch so I dont know if it got better now.

Finally got your Carbon from FragranceUSA. Absolutely amazing scent on its own. Please suggest something else I would like :)

Hello Aaron, thank you for one more beautiful review! Before 1 year I had an 1 ml sample bottle of Sillage and when I first smelled it I didn’t like it at all, after one year I smelled it again and it was amazing, so I decided to buy a full bottle. I bought a batch of 11/2022 and it smells very weak and synthetic. I am wondering if they changed the consistency or the perfume will mature with time and become like the sample I had long time ago… also if something like this happens how can a make the process faster? 🙏🏼

The work in perfumary is intense indeed, all the more reason to respect dupes. Do 90% or more of the same at 1/8th the price.

Are these cloning brands following any regulations? are they safe for health?

The opening almost made me dump the bottle. But it definitely opens up very similar to smw.

I got this and it’s great. Much stronger than silver mountain water,it’s a beast in comparison. Speaking of beasts, 12 hours into wearing hard candy today and i can still smell it on myself around me. Come on creed, there really are no excuses

Review milestone please

Lots of these RAW materials you list are also terpenes in the Marijuana plant.