very respectful. good.

I wore rehab 2 days ago, and me being a really dark skin Dominican people don’t think I speak Spanish, this lady that was standing next to me with her daughter said in Spanish “ese hombre huele riquísimo” which translate to that men smells good as hell, that made my day

I got Side Effect after watching Aaron Terence Hughes' glowing review, and was struck by how overwhelming it was on first spray, but not in good way. Its potency reminded me of that awful "Poison" that some girls used to drown themselves with in the 80's, but... after that first tidal wave of scent that lasts half a minute or so, it settles into an incredibly seductive, exotic smell that will easily stay with you for a day, and yep, it's very hard to not smell your own wrists the entire time. It's pretty much the polar opposite of my usual favourite scents that are typically fresh and citric in nature, but I absolutely love it.

Side Effect was an instant love and purchase, I just had to get it on spot. IMO, it’s on a whole different level, amazing fragrance with amazing performance. Thanks for this great list, you’re the best in the game.

Absolute Aphrodisiac is my favorite from this entire range. Simply a gorgeous, complex fragrance with great longevity.

One of the best house’s around at the moment

Side Effect from it's first spray, reminded me of those peach gummy rings (which is weird because I haven't eaten those since I was a child), then it reminded me of rum fruit cake. Then a dessert with apples, minus the apples. It's like being in a mom and pop diner and seeing the dessert spinner and getting to smell all the great food in the diner. Then it dried down more and I picked up on an oud and spice vibe. Side effect is so metamorphic and just reminds me of so many different things. It's definitely not a linear fragrance. It just goes in so many positive directions. It might be the hedione triggering so many different memories of things I haven't smelled in a long time.

Your epic description of Side Effect made me buy it (So did your description of PDM Carlisle) 😆 Great video on one of my fave houses. I have a few already so impressed with them. The three I’m enjoying most is Side Effect, Rehab and Atomic Rose. Thanks for your great work it really helps a lot for a rookie like me.

I own Absolute Aphrodisiaque, Rehab and Side Effect. These scents are unparalleled. Initio, along with Kilian r my 2 fav houses. None, do it as well as these 2 xxx

What a wonderful presentation Steven. Initio is on my radar now. I've been impressed with their presentation, and now have to get some samples to try. Although this is an older video, and there are no prizes to win, I felt it was important to let you know that I appreciate it! Your videos are quickly becoming like an evening newspaper that I enjoy with my evening cuppa chai! Cheers from Houston

Not to be confused with Baraka from Mortal Kombat. lol Loved hearing your take on each one Steven. The way you described the potential physiological effects of Side Effect make me think of someone standing next to you in a daze. FiNiSH HiM!!!

Side Effect! Boozy vanilla. A must smell. Thanks Steven!

love this!!!!! please do a top 10 amouage!!!! you have a vast amouage collection,and i would love to hear your insight on the house. great content as always!!!!

Awesome house!!! Thank you Steven for bring this amazing fragrances

Obsessed with Initio after getting decants of Atomic Rose, Blessed Baraka, Rehab and Absolute Aphrodisiac. Getting more decants of Oud for Greatness, Side Effect and more. Soooo good!!! ❤️

Great video bro! You know I love me some Initio too! 😊 I need to get to the point where I can make these events!!

Great work, I love Rehab , but all of these are good . I wish i could be there

I wonder where Atomic Rose would fall on the list? I love Initio. So great.

Initios atomic rose omg, haven't smelled such a natural smelling rose like it ever... nothing comes close to it and I'm a guy and love to bang rock with it... sometime I layer oud for greatness but when I want to just lounge and just enjoy the moment I put on initios atomic rose I hope they never discontinue or touch it. It's just a blessing... ❤❤❤

I have Rehab and Side Effect, I’ve also sampled Oud for Greatness, this fragrance house is putting out some great stuff easily becoming one of my favorites.

Perfect job as always, Steven. Yours and Carlos's vids are top-notches

Excellent! I feel like I just attended a Khan University lecture on how a fragrance review is supposed to be done by an expert! Oud For Greatness is my only Initio purchase but will definitely test 2 others to you reviewed in your top 10. Thanks for the work it took to get here in your reviews. New Subscriber!

Great job Steven. Great spotlight on the house. Super interesting about the hedione, also the different collections corresponding with the bottle colors. Def learned from this one and I appreciate that! Thanks!

Awesome list Steven! This is definitely one of my favorite houses! I have Psychedelic Love, Rehab, and Side Effect! I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite, but if I had to, I'd go with Side Effect as well!

Love Initio. 1. Blessed Baraka 2. Oud for Greatness 3. Psychedelic Love 4. Rehab 5. Side Effect

Great video, i love Rehab, its very close to a perfect frag IMO. I am definitely going to try Side effect and frequency.

Side Effect and Oud for greatness are nice, but My favourites are Rehab and Blessed Baraka. Side Effect reminds me of Intimately Beckham. A fragrance I owned many years ago.

Great rundown of the brand! I’m curious now to see if the local Neiman Marcus will also have them in store. I know Diptyque isn’t at the location 20 minutes away, but it’s present at another store 30 minutes away. It’s hard to get a feel for some brands like Initio, when you can’t just drive down to the local store and sample them. Luckily, I’ve been happy with the several Initio bottles I’ve picked up. Rehab, Side Effect, and Blessed Baraka would be my top 3 out of the six I have.

I smelled initio side effects yesterday And oh my god it's absolutely stunning

Oud for Greatness smells amazing, its on the way to my cupboard this week from premiereavenue. Bottle is gorgeoussssssssss

I love listening to your videos! You are so knowledgeable about fragrance! Flip flopping between my next Initio purchase. Can’t decide between Side Effect and Rehab!

Devine attraction is the most authentic legitimate real leather scent I have ever smelled. I bought a pair of Thursday boots and the leather smell is the same as Devine Attraction. I love this thing is sooo good.

Oud for greatness... Steven you're on point 🔥

Good looking bottles and pretty sure they smell great too. Would love to be able to sample all their fragrances. Only smelled a couple. Blessed and Side Effect. I like Side Effect. Waiting for cooler days. Thanks Steven ✌🏻

Ooh!!! I might just go on Friday! I live about an hour and 45 minutes from that Mall. I used to live in Jersey and used to freelance at Nieman Marcus frequently. But now I live in northern PA. But I just might make the trip for this event! I'd love to finally meet you!!

This is a splendid review, thank you.

Great and informative review,as always, Steven! I began to worry since you haven’t been uploading videos for a long time! Hope everything is well,take care!

Hi Stephen Wore Psychedelic Love today and just loved it. I draw a real comparison with Black Phantom but now where near as clawing. What a fantastic scent. Hope you are having a Great Monday Jeff

I hope you and everyone else at the event has a great time 🙏 I own psychedelic love by them but haven't tried anything else from the house. So this was incredibly helpful and appreciate your Insight on these , quite a few that I love the sound of. So I'll used this as a jump off point to try the rest of the house this year 🙏 Sotd is orto parisi terroni .

I have a sample of high frequency; and I absolutely love it. It's 10 on your list so I am sure the rest are even more ridiculously awesome.

I really love how informative your videos are. They are more than just a fragrances review in a short time which will keep the audience listening till the end. Great job 👍🏼

Great collection! My favorites so far are Psychedelic Love and Rehab, but they are are great. Have fun at the event,. thanks!

Baraka, OFG, Side effect. That’s my top 3 in order

for me 💔Side Effect & Rehab💔 are the best... thank you for the very nice review... Salute from Zurich

I like psychedelic love. Reminds me of pdm Carlisle. Good post Steven keep it going!

Welcome back man! I didnt even know they had 10 total fragrances

Great company, I do have “Side Effects’ & I love it so much, recently I discovered that it is similar to Red Tobacco from Mancera, yet Side Effects is better IMO. Thanks for the review Steven.

What a great review. I only just got the Carnal blend samplers. I give full marks to Side effects.

Thanks for this. I was trying to decide which Initios I want to purchase first!

Omg!!! How gorgeous is your review 💯 , thank you so much

Love what you do,thanks for the breakdowns.

GSP...my old stomping grounds! Born and raised in Bergen County!

What’s happenin man?Crazy timing,Blessed Baraka was my SOTD last night at this little Sunday night Reggae spot I go to.Fresh vid as always fam.Much respect/Peace/Love

I love how this house is experimental yet true to traditional perfumery. Unfortunately the only full bottle I own is Magnetic no 7. Need a bottle of side effect to layer with it.

Magnetic blend 8! So glad you mentioned it.

Initio has been popping up on my radar lately. Haven’t had a chance to try them yet, but I’m very interested. Great in-depth view on them sir. 😁

Great list Steven! I’ve been testing Initio for a bit and really enjoyed Blessed Baraka, Oud for Greatness and Side Effect. The others are good but not on my buy list.

Nice review very informative. It would have been good to have the mentioned fragrance names listed, just helps to follow better and we can go back to specific mentions.

Great review. I've only tried Side Effect from this house and have wanted to try more, but I wasn't sure which to try.

great review Steven as always love it

Side effect is my favorite....definitely compliment getter

Luv this channel. Learning bout fragrances is fun.

My favourite fragrance channel.❤️

Great listing. Initio is becoming my favorite house.

I just got Side Effect and I cannot. stop. smelling. myself. Oh my god. Thank you for the review.

Great video as always! I love Side Effect. One of the best boozy fragrances ever. Absolute gem. Need to get it this winter.

Thanks Steven! I really like Blessed Baraka, Side Effect 2nd. I need to get my hands on Oud for Greatness!

Another fantastic list, thank you.

I finally tried Absolute aphrodisiac. What a nice vanilla amber blend. It reminds me of Ambre sultan.

great vid, professional presentation. I love top of specific house vids.

Sucks to be in DFW. I just now got the opportunity to sample a couple from this line. Extremely well done imo. I fell hard for Atomic Rose and pulled out my CC immediately. Reminds me of Dahlia by PdM, but with a nice rose note. Obviously, this one is much more unisex.

Excellent review on Initios..been thinking of buying rehab and side effect, pls make a review on carolina Herrera Confidential series as well..thank's for your great contents!

Atomic Rose is 💞💞💞 a deeper Delina and still unisex. Sad it wasn’t on this list but I agree with those top 3 picks! OFG is my favorite Oud

Love this house. Great review!! ♥️

Great introduction for me to initio and has me wanting to sample them.

Side Effect and Blessed Baraka are excellent. I want to try out Rehab soon.

great collection you got there so if you have to choose between initio side effect and pdm carlisle which one would you pick based on the scent?

Just found this. So knowledgeable and informative. Thank you.

Wow great video really enjoyed your knowledge of these fragrances.

So informative bruh! Good stuff

So cool that I love the number 1 and 2 as well.

Great video! I'm have to try this house the bottles are really nice!

It's so awesome how you brake down fragrances 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Great review as always..I come to your reviews before I buy.. where do you find the information about what Fragrances has hedione and how much hedione they have?

@redolessence please tell me which initio do you think is best for spring/summer

I hear soo much about these and am wondering,if they are overhyped...

Yet to try any offerings from initio but I did order a sample of collateral damage which is dua's take on side effect which sounds good from your description.

Great house, great review. I just sampled SE and after an hour or so , it’s gone!. How would you rate its longevity and sillage? Thank you in advance

Thanks for the review 👌🏼 Does side effect resembles Spicebomb Extreme?

I got oud for greatness and it’s amazing! The sales woman did tell me to blend it with magnetic #7

Thanks for this video. I have Side Effect and Rehab. Looking to add Blessed Barka and Oud for Greatness next.

I have tryed Addective vibration and on me smells exacly like Alien...😳 i don' t like it...i bought Atomic Rose, a great one 😍 and i'm looking for the others! Thank you

They all sound awesome!! Especially last 2

Great job! Only you could make a 10 ten educational! 😂 This might have been the only time I enjoyed attending Science class! Now that class is over. It’s time to watch 🏈! Rehab is my favorite.

Amazing review! Thanks!

Great content Steven hopefully I can come always your event add value thank you 🙏🏽

Hi!! Just a quick question.. you've mentioned layering a few times in the video.. is there a particular way in which it needs to be done? Like which fragrance first and does it have to be fragrance on top of another fragrance or you spary them at different places on your body? Thanks

Steven, great video! Sorry for the off topic question, but considering you answered some folks that you find PDM Carlisle a better scent than Side Effect, which one would you buy first if you had to choose between Carlisle and Ani?

Blessed Baraka Baby!!!

Hi Steven, great video. I love Initio bottles, never try any of them. What would you recomend from this list for the lady who likes floral, spicy perfumes?