Aaron Terence hughes MAVERICK & HARD CANDY ELIXIR FIRST IMPRESSIONS 🔥

[@OwenLavers-rr4sg]

Thanks for the upload Mikey! Another great vid I’ve recently got maverick, legend and daddy and got to say ATH knows what he’s doing! Like how clean maverick is and how he works with musks

[@mikeycologne]

Cheers Owen for the compliment 👍🏻 yeah he is a great perfumer and his work is outstanding I like all his fragrances all the ones I’ve tried 👌🏻

[@Benivere22]

Maverick is sooo good, my current favorite and has gotten me a lot of compliments as well. Great video as usual Mikey

[@mikeycologne]

Thank you Dan for that 👍🏻 yeah it does smell really good ! when I do a ranking review it’s going to be hard lol

[@Benivere22]

@@mikeycologne haha yeah they're all so good. Maverick and onyx extreme are 10s imo but I like homme and notorious as well, really addicting scents

[@mikeycologne]

@@Benivere22 lol they are and I absolutely love homme it smells soo good 🔥🔥👌🏻

[@Narcissist_Police]

Maverick is amazing. Such a feel good fragrance. Glad I got a bottle before being discontinued; however, on a live stream recently Aaron did say he would bring it along with Haze and Haze Extreme as limited editions from time to time.

[@MrAde1101]

Another great first impressions Mikey, personally have Maverick in my stash and have to say it’s a really easy wear, but with ATH’s uniqueness, signature scent worthy in my view.

[@mikeycologne]

I agree mate it is a banger off a fragrance ! To be honest I’m liking all the ones I have tried from his house so far 👌🏻🔥

[@mikeycologne]

And thank you

[@Kamikazeking777]

I got Legend back in February but almost picked up Maverick instead. Looks like I'm going to need to check it out as well! Great video as always Mikey, keep up the great work!

[@mikeycologne]

Thank you Kev I appreciate that mate and it’s definitely worth owning for sure smells great 🔥👌🏻

[@Rob-ys6ot]

That Maverick sounds really up my street!! Might have to grab myself a btl of that!! Ta, Mikey.

[@mikeycologne]

Your welcome mate it is a banger for sure 🔥👍🏻

[@phil.Saunders.photography]

Great video Mike. Glad you like the pictures

[@mikeycologne]

Thank you Phil means a lot 👍🏻 yeah the pictures are great mate thank you again 👌🏻

[@Gorevek]

Today is the day, for another good review of Aaron's fragrances.

[@mikeycologne]

Thank you my man 👌🏻

[@O.A_Bones]

Just ordered haze, maverick,raw cherry, onyx 10 ml🎉

[@mikeycologne]

Check you out that’s great let me know what you think when they come in 👌🏻🔥

[@cheekster777]

Two absolute bangers by the sounds of things. Can’t wait to try these one day…

[@mikeycologne]

They are bangers for sure mate 🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏻

[@sandymcconnell1969]

Maverick is incredible. In my ATH top 3.

[@mikeycologne]

Straight up fire 🔥 💯👌🏻

[@sandymcconnell1969]

@@mikeycologne Aaron can do no wrong. I also love Haze, Guapo, Daddy, Homme....the list goes on. 👌

[@christosnicolaides7707]

Hi mate I just received my full bottles of supernova and hard candy elixir from aaron. Wow this guy knows perfumery absolutely outstanding 👏

[@mikeycologne]

See their great right!! 👍🏻 it’s good that you like them mate 👌🏻

[@N0bo6y]

Great review Mikey, Maverick is a banger for sure! The smooth and creamy vanilla paired with the plum note is wonderful, and the juiciness of the plum almost gives the impression of a slight boosy nuisance to the composition. It's definitely signature scent worthy, whether it's for work, dates or special occasions this thing is amazing!

[@mikeycologne]

Cheers mate and yeah this one hits hard I love that juicy nature to the fragrance 🔥👌🏻

[@michaelborn2000]

How is the performance of hard candy elixir? And the sillage?

[@PwnageEngage]

thank you for doing the side by side of HC and HCE

[@mikeycologne]

Your welcome thank you for watching 👌🏻

[@Oher58]

I have Homme, Legend and Blood Orange. Love all 3 but hands down my go to is Homme that iris is so lovely.

[@mikeycologne]

It is right I love it ! At first I fort yeah this I great and the more I wore it the more I just fell in love with it. have you tried maverick that thing slaps 🔥💯👌🏻

[@Oher58]

@@mikeycologne not yet I’ll have to try Maverick and Hard Candy Elixir

[@KingSlayer420]

Hard candy is mdma-zing! 🍭

[@mikeycologne]

It is a banger of a fragrance 💯🔥👌🏻

[@markhart6743]

Great video as usual maverick is fantastic ! what about the longevity of hard candy elixir vs hard candy

[@mikeycologne]

Cheers mark I can’t comment on that yet mate as I ain’t hardly worn hard candy elixir. this week I’ve been testing out tabac and will have a review coming next week on that one 👍🏻

[@Mitchcraft.]

Aaron is fantastic for giving people the 10ml option because he is opening up fragrances to people that would usually cost hundreds of pounds for £15 - £30 except for Boss Bitch which is the only one that is very expensive. But even the 50ml are cheap for the kind of quality you are getting from him and the fact he went and upscaled all his fragrances to Extrait De Parfum concentration because he is a perfectionist says it all really. I love Hard Candy and i have a sample of a new release coming soon that people will love. I also got Legend as a sample but it smells like a mix of Luna Rosa Carbon and Sauvage imo with a little Bleu De Chanel so if you own them already it is a little redundant but i only actually own Carbon and BDC so i will use it when i want something stronger than Carbon as it smells closer to that and Sauvage than BDC. When we were talking about Plum the other day you never said you had this or told me about it. Come on mate what's up with that lol. Just joking, i am glad i discovered this on my own i just ordered Maverick in 50ml since he is discontinuing it. I have Neon and Haze Extreme on the way also. The thing you are talking about different days getting different notes, have you had Covid? Maybe you had it and didn't realize it. That happened to me ever since i recovered from it. I couldn't smell things properly for 6 months after i got it, like really crazy how different things smell compared to what i thought they smelled like for that 6 months, but i still get days here and there where some fragrances i have known since i was a teenager that i use to test my senses before i write a review to make sure i am able to smell all the notes smell completely off to me. One is CK one, another is HUGO , Blue Jeans etc. All stuff i know like the back of my hand. It is so annoying on the days when my CK one smells like dull sandal wood only and misses out the energetic burst of citrus etc. So try to find yourself some fragrances from before the time of COVID and use them the way i do mate. It lets you know if you have a good day or not.

[@mikeycologne]

Yeah I had covid twice 🤦🏼‍♂️ I can have a fragrance for a couple off weeks and it will smell abit different to what it did when I first got it 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@AffyR]

Solid review geeza, exactly what I was looking for

[@mikeycologne]

Cheers brv I appreciate that 👌🏻👌🏻

[@leeallen463]

Thought you might like Maverick. I think its another everyday one for me because its just the right blend of light and dark and that makes it good for unpredictable weather. Can't say I've ever had any issues with longevity of his either but then, he does recommend six sprays and a lot of people probably just think two should be enough.

[@mikeycologne]

Yeah it’s great it really is I can’t wait to wear it more 🔥 and I normally do 4-6 and that gives me good longevity 👌🏻

[@ElijsDima]

I kinda like Hard Candy Elixir a bit more than Hard Candy, it is still as sweet but with a softer, rounder base. Ozone's a fav for a green/freshie.

[@mikeycologne]

Yeah I’m loving ozone it smells great 🔥 maverick is a banger too 👌🏻👌🏻

[@sheshewantit45]

how long projection and longevity are you getting from you rhard candy elixir decant? how many sprays mate

[@mikeycologne]

4-6 sprays 7-8 hours some times it does creep over 🔥👌🏻

[@triggadon9541]

Now these 2 I haven't tried. I've tried old formulation of maverick and have smelled Hardy candy but not the exlir

[@mikeycologne]

Man maverick is soo good it really is straight up fire 🔥 💯👌🏻

[@triggadon9541]

@mikeycologne it's probably 1 I want to try next along with tabac. Never got my hands on onyx, luna or forbidden

[@joshkohl852]

Hard Candy Elixir = JPG Ultra Male mixed with PDM Layton. I tested it today, and I was a bit disappointed with the sillage and longevity. It only lasted a couple hours. It is what it is…based off all his videos, I was expecting a bit more…

[@justaddlight]

"Don't get aggressive" 😆 Brilliant. Definitely a perfect size for a travel atomizer though. Capped is the way to go. The twist lipstick ones I've had problems with in the past.

[@mikeycologne]

Lol yeah them twisted ones sometimes end up breaking

[@KAMlMARU]

Quality video lad, made me laugh 😂 keep the good work up! I’m from essex so it’s nice to see another lad with the proper english accent 😂

[@mikeycologne]

Cheers pal 😜 I representing mate 👌🏻

[@davidmcpoland5286]

Watched this and bought elixir. Put 2 full sprays on my arms 45 minutes ago and it's already barely a skin scent, and I mean BARELY lol. I have no idea what's going on with my body and ATH! I have over 100 frags in my collection at the moment and all my ATH are in the bottom 1% for longevity, apart from ozone. I'll give supernova a shot on friday but if I have the same issue, I should probably just give up. Such a pity because they smell great.

[@mikeycologne]

That’s crazy I have no problem at all it’s mad how it works out. I don’t know what to say

[@davidmcpoland5286]

@@mikeycologne Update: After almost disappearing completely, an hour later it seemed to come back to life as a tonka/vanilla skin scent. Could still smell it on my arm this morning. 👍 Will give it 4 sprays next time and see how it goes.

[@sheshewantit45]

@@davidmcpoland5286 how is the performane and projection now? i got a decant of it and it lasts for more than a day , and projects for a couple hours, this is solely from my decant, too, so can only imagine what a full bottle sprayer is capable of

[@isak1496]

Homme is actually pronounced "omme" since it's from french 😀Glad you enjoyed Maverick, it's a really great fragrance

[@mikeycologne]

Thank you for putting me straight mate lol 👌🏻 yes maverick is great 💯👌🏻

[@Htxtogepi]

So I finally got Homme. And unfortunately it isn’t what I was hoping for. It’s is very buttery. But also just too much vanilla. Vanilla is mainly what I smell. I still like it because it’s just well done. But I was hoping for it to be more flowerey, airy and fresh. Not so sweet and vanilla. I wish the orris was in the base and maybe vanilla in the middle or just a lot less vanilla. I personally just love the smell of anything floral and I’m not getting that as much as I hoped. Again you should try L’Iris by Santa María novella. It is AMAZING.

[@mikeycologne]

I’m really sorry to hear that I suppose we all can’t like the same things but as you know I do love that fragrance, and one off the things I like about it is that buttery goodness 😝 L’iris by Santa Marie I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that one I will have to look into this thank you for the recommendation 👌🏻

[@Htxtogepi]

@@mikeycologne completely agree my friend. But yes try L’Iris by Santa María Novella if you can! It’s a beautiful scent. Love your videos as always!

[@mikeycologne]

@@Htxtogepi I’m going to try and get a sample and thank you for the support and thank you for watching 👌🏻

[@brandont4415]

Was hoping you'd compare the two Hard Candies. I keep hoping to find the elixir. So far Boss Bastard and Raw Cherry are the best I've tried

[@mikeycologne]

All the ones I’ve tried from his house have been great 👌🏻🔥

[@ayatollahkhomeini3073]

Juicy?

[@tradaholic6792]

Mikey, make a review comparing maverick and legend. Which one do you prefer?

[@mikeycologne]

At some point I will mate I need time lol

[@triggadon9541]

I'd say all 12 hour bangers

[@gingerbreadman5756]

ATH recommends that you layer Hard Candy & Hard Candy Elixir. I layered them & he’s correct … it’s brilliant & the only way I wear them now! Slut he reformulated for 2023 … it’s better than the original! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@joshiles7675]

My nose is far from well trained, but I smell something very similar in Slut and Notorious, and I'm not real wild about it. Anybody else get that similarity, or know what it is?

[@mr.mcclain9917]

Yeah that’s what I get as well. It’s very similar to those 2 fragrances. I don’t smell the oud. But he did say if you combine them the Oud will come out heavy. I haven’t smelled the new hard candy but I really like the 1st hard candy.

[@Grumpy1098]

New slut and notorious do have a similar facet of sweetness. Can't quite tell exactly what it is

[@joshiles7675]

I just got a 10 of HC and Slut. I really like HC! Not so much on Slut. Still looking for HCE in stock. Keep up the great work, homie!

[@mikeycologne]

Thank you mate sorry for the late reply I’ve just seen this. Me personally I think Slut smells great and hard candy 🍭 🔥🔥👌🏻

[@BrillianceAutoSpa]

I prefer the regular Hard Candy. Elixir is too much.

[@riddhboss5438]

Update us quick c’mon. 😅 I can’t get both Haze and Haze Extreme. I can only get one. Need more information please. 😂❤

[@MrLatinKing13]

Haze extreme is a bit more dense, less projection but more longevity. Haze has the same scent profile, a bit more transparent, MUCH more projection and great longevity (9-10 hrs on my skin)

[@MrLatinKing13]

Its like a grapefruit + lemon/hacivat hybrid in terms of scent. Can't go wrong with either

[@riddhboss5438]

@@MrLatinKing13 wow thank you so much 🙏

[@MrLatinKing13]

@@riddhboss5438 Happy to help 🙃

[@mikeycologne]

😂😂 I wish I could but you know me I like to do it properly mate all I can say is that they both hit 🔥💯👌🏻

[@michaelkawamura9296]

Honestly, for the price/mL I don’t think ATH fragrances are worth the money. They’re good, but if you’re buying at retail they’re more expensive/just as expensive as Xerjoff/PDM fragrances.

[@mikeycologne]

Everyone is entitled to there own opinions but for me there definitely worth there money , some 50 ml designer fragrances now are 70-80 pound , and to me Aaron’s fragrances are far better than any designer 👌🏻

[@bernardvelloso5345]

Hey boss. Been loving your videos lately. Keep them coming! Wanted to ask tho: Is Hard candy elixir similar to slut (the normal one). What’s the difference? I wanna buy HCE but not sure if it’s redundant, let me know!

[@mikeycologne]

Appreciate that mate so thank you 👍🏻 they are definitely different ,if you could give me a day or two I will do a review on these two explaining the differents 👌🏻

[@bernardvelloso5345]

@@mikeycologne sounds perfect man! Thank you so much. Lots of people hint at similarities, and their shared sweet nature, but no comparison vids. I’ll be waiting on it!! Cheers

[@slumped9677]

One of my complaints with Aaron’s work is too many fragrances with over lapping scent profiles. In my opinion Notorious is a slightly less interesting version of daddy. I like his more distinct takes. Guapo, Daddy and Boss Bastard are all amazing

[@mikeycologne]

Some do have similarities I just think it’s his dna in the frags 👍🏻 he does do some bangers 🔥👌🏻