Another great review. I l enjoy your ad lib style. It is very entertaining. Especially seeing glimpses of your ocd. I purchased a sample of French Defense . I really did not like it. Synthetic and sterile. No depth , it lacked any tone or texture. It smelt like walking into a Lush store. It made up my mind about the brand. It had such a high score on fragrantica , i literally scratched my head in disbelief how it achieved such a huge rating . Anyways keep up the good work. If you want a good cherry scent Jump up and kiss me hedonistic by Clive Christian is by far the best. Love from London 🙏🏿

I've smelled French defense, and grand master before. Definitely not $400. $150-$180 tops.

Lol now figuring you live in Zurich and are Italian 😂 I’ll keep it in English for your audience: I’m curious what have you got with the amazing 20% off these days? My bank account is bleeding 😂 I’ll keep my eyes open to spot you in the city & fragrance shops. Ciao!

Creed is british when?🤣🤣🤣

I love vicebomb, I purchased a sample. It smells like Cherry and an ink pen. ❤❤

Thanks for the overview on this house.

Excellent review. I currently own and prefer in the following order French defense Grand master Blockade Jadoube Double attack The forward

Thank you, had the feeling that these were being pushed by some reviewers who obviously have/had been "sponsored" by this house. I read comments on Fragrantica similar to your thoughts. Sounds like these frags are really overpriced for what they really are.

This was helpful ! I have other things I’d rather spend my money on

Hi Daniel. Although I don't care much about artificial cherry, I do really like the artificial grape smell that you mentioned. Are you aware of any fragrances that have that?

I really liked Quadro pizzi.

Some niche brands smell more desiner-ish than some designer perfumes .Think Chanel and Guerlain.

Thank you for this, I’ve only ever heard amazing things so I suspect that they have been paid to say so. I suspect that they are very heavy on ISO e super and synthetics. The price certainly does not seem to be justified in this case.

I want to share something odd, I had a dream where I watched a video of yours playing my favorite video game (from a few years ago when I used to play), while smelling different perfumes. At the beginning of the video you took 4 different bottles and sprayed them on your arms, I remember one was Creed GIT 😂😂😂 The layout of the video was one long facecam along the bottom of the vid and the game on top of it. Very strange, I remember it very vividly, just had to share😅

What's your favorite cherry fragrance?? I love cherry :)

Hiw about Jovoy Private Label next 💪

Excellent perspective! Thanks

We all know you are going to rock these for the next month. Your descriptions are like they are generated by AI.

The few i smelled didnt really fo it for me. Not interested in this house at all.

The forward is the best from mind games. Its creamy citrus. Didnt rate any of the others. If you like cherry sample hedonistic from clive christian it's got a nice cherry note & is one of the best fragrances I've ever tried.

watched your review about the sex sea..and I just order it from maxaroma...I hope I like it..will let you know. Thanks for all the good reviews...

Great, honest review and I give you alot of credit for getting through the sampling of these despite the broken atomizers :)

I had received a good deal on French Defence, I wore it a few times and was bored. Sold it easily because of the hype and because I got it at half off. That should tell you something. I didn’t think it was worth keeping at half off.

I had never heard of these and there was a SA at Nordstrom pushing them so I tried about half. Not bad, but laughed at the price. To me, feel similar to Zara Olfactive line when it comes to simplicity and quality.

Can you sample and review kilian black phanter?

Is the fig in castling the green leafy smelling fig (like in fico di Amalfi) , or more the fruity kind like in mfk gris charnel edp for example?

Bought one bottle (R. Lopez) from a discounter- no way I’ll spend retail $$ on this brand. Lopez has patchouli and smells very good as a gentleman scent but you’re right: nothing new or original. Just high quality versions of existing scents.

I was surprised that I really liked viking after trying it. Both the name and the house in general did not give me high hopes 👀

Free bottle squad will pride the hell out of this house

The way they are marketed and the presentation reminds me more of a middle eastern clone company. I was utterly shocked when I heard how much they were going for. Having said that, I thought the same about the brand of Kajal but once I got my nose on Kajal Äican I was blown away. I’m curious are you familiar with the fragrance, would be interested hearing your thoughts.

Hi Daniel. Flawless presentation as usual. People are realising just how good you are. It is so true: heat brings out a fragrance. It is needful. Can't wait to get my hands on jubilation 40.. Here's another one for you: Amouage silver oud. Usually I have to blind buy since I'm too far away in the world to get samples. I appreciated your review of amouage purpose but because it's a polarising scent I'm too scared to buy it. I'd love to buy silver oud yet alas, I understand it to be notably animalistic.so I'll wait for your opinion. Regards. Keep safe on the roads, Grant.😍

Can u please review : Persephone's Patchouli by Electimuss, Mango Kiss by Stéphane Humbert Lucas and Defender by Boadicea the Victorious Thanks in advance

I’ve only seen influencer reviews with affiliate codes for retailers selling this brand and I LOVE your no BS take. I believe the owner is the founder of Twisted Lily or one of those big online US frag retailers. It’s a hard to describe feeling but you articulated it perfectly and I understood straight away when you said “devoid of emotion”, “AI generated” and “sterile”. I’ve heard great things about French Defence being the best dark cherry and your review makes me stay away from a decant. Thank you!

would be nice if you revisit the strips after one hour or so :)

You quickly became one of my favourite frag youtubers. Love the video formats you do... My only advice for Speed Dating would be to maybe try one of the frags on skin, just to see does it develop or is it more linear. It would give more insight into a brands quality/vibe

The only one I own that stood out and had the better performance of the house is Mentor

They make solid scents, but I agree they are fairly simple which makes them easy to clone. For instance I loved the profile of french defense, but tried out a clone and it's almost identical for a fraction of the price.

HELL YEAH!!!!! IM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS VIDEO. I have gambit, French defense, and the forward. Im a little confused about where you are getting the "$500" figure in this video. These fragrances retail at 375 and I am consistently able to get them at discounters for around $250 or below when they come up? EDIT: adding my thoughts after finishing your video. I agree about gambit that it almost certainly is not worth the price of admission. I dont own many blue fragrances at all and I purchased gambit seeing it as a great option for an office fragrance. But in retrospect, I think I should've saved the money and gone for something over 100 dollars cheaper like Sartorial. Gambit is straight forward and doesn't have a ton of personality, although I do love it for the function it serves. French defense however, which I purchased for $240, I think is more complicated. I think it's an absolutely gorgeous scent with a great personality. I find the blend to be exceptionally smooth and the quality of the scent to be high and I think, at $240, it's not a horrible deal. One of my favorite cherry fragrances. Much more elegant than something like Triumph of Bacchus. Overall, I dont feel as negatively towards the house as you do but I see where youre coming from. To each his own.

A bit unrelated. How would you rate/describe Bogue Meme, Daniel?

bro go sampling matiere premiere fragrance speed dating!

This is 100% one of those of what I like to call 🤡 “houses” where the whole point of them is just social media marketing while the fragrances themselves are mediocre at best. Sad that you can just see geniuses like Annick Menardo having to make fragrances for such a shitty low quality brand just because some hedge fund dude bro from god knows where had the money to hire Symrise. No artistic direction, no creative boundaries and an almost plastic-like sense of false luxury for such shitty products. Damn…

nice honest approach to reviewing these fragrances

hundred percent agree that mind games is so over priced and so over hyped..I bought gambit a month ago and then returned it after I used couple times and then got French defence..its ok nothing special at all for the money.

I should have mentioned this before, but it warms the heart to see you spraying the thin end of the mouilette. It bothers me when people spray the wrong end and expect us to think of them as experts… Am I a snob? No, I just like proper etiquette. The thin end is for dipping in bottles and hence the “sniff end”. Boss level would be bending the tip so you can lay it on a table without contaminating the surface with a sample. Also useful for easier angling of the strip to the nose.

Definetly not a house for me. I tried double attack, grandmaster, gambit and blockade. Extremly overpriced for what they are. Also performance is not as i would expect for that price. Double attack is actually very poor performing fragrance. Tiktok hyped house along with argos. Super disappointing

I've never seen you so frustrated, almost angry. Somewhat bored as well?

Listen I’ve tried them so many times, and nothing please me at all. Unnecessarily expensive for no reason

Hi Daniel, Great content! I really love your excellent work. Can you review une nuit nomade? It’s a great perfume house. Just want to hear your opinion.

Finally someone says that this perfume has a very poor presentation snd silage. I have both of them and no one can smell it when I'm using them, only close to the skin. I am so dissapointed since I really love the scent.

Will get Blockade and French Defense for 216 Euro each tomorrow, which is okay for 100ml. No idea where you got that price from.