Animalic Fragrance Notes Explained & 4 Classic Fragrance Examples

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[@kfukuma318]

Mr favourite fragrance reviewer. Very educational. You are always so funny and I enjoy your reviews ! Thank you. Ken

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot Ken! I really appreciate it.

[@kfukuma318]

Watched your other review last night and this morning bought online Houbigant Fougere Parfum. I like your point of view and introducing us to fragrances normally not widely available or found in America. Thank you Sir !

[@gisbrei]

I second that. I also recently discovered/blind bought Fougere Royal (and HdP 1725) thanks to this channel. Wonderful scents!

[@gabrielgomez9128]

Agree with K 100%.

[@ee-linyong6732]

I'm a woman and truly enjoy wearing YSL kourus and aramis classic. I truly enjoyed this video. Very informative.

[@JoyAmin666]

loved the video through and through,we need more creative videos like these in the community.appreciate the video..now you got me tempted to get antaeus :)

[@michaelnamikas8184]

Joy Amin you should do a review. Not many on KZbin

[@JoyAmin666]

yes i know its almost unfair,....such a legendary fragrance, you know what?done :)

[@coreysaunders4376]

Joy Amin heck yes another joy review! Love your videos my man!

[@Aman-nl2vz]

Joy Amin if you don't like rose I'm not sure you'll enjoy anteaus.. It's far from a manly fragrance imo

[@speedwolf5212]

A man are you sure you're talking about the same fragrance? Antaeus is well known as one of the most masculine men's fragrances ever created(in both its vintage & current form). And while Rose is a note in there, it's barely discernible. I don't think I've ever seen anyone refer to it as a rose dominant fragrance.

[@MrSillage]

Awesomely informative and very educational Mr Smelly! Really enjoyed this format as well! Than you for sharing these notes, origins, and examples with us brother! Mixed in with your unique and undoubtedly excellent humor, this video was outstanding! 👍👍 Tip of the hat to you good sir!

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot Mr Sillage. It means a lot. mad with your name I feel we are brothers!

[@MrSillage]

MrSmelly1977 if that's the case, the milk man had to be Asian

[@MrSmelly1977]

Ha ha! No comment.

[@JoyAmin666]

fantastic concept...watching now :) i love powerhouses

[@ruthannemackinnon588]

Houbigant's Monsieur Musk is another great example of manly musk in a clean & dirty formulation. I love it, it's my husband's signature scent

[@jase8252]

Only just come across your vids! Brilliant, hilarious and insightful 😉 Thank you for the entertainment, education and going deep into all that is weird & wonderful.

[@gabrielgomez9128]

No doubt one of the best reviews from a topic that interests more than one. I actually saw this review more than once because of how educational it is, without losing personal good humor. His videos always make my day. Thank you for your service to the Frag Com. Oh, and yes, Mr. Smelly just became my favorite Fragrance Reviewer.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot Gabriel that means a lot to me. I really appreciate the support and together we make the fragrance community a great place. I wouldn't be here without you!

[@bernie7772]

Very informative. Interesting how these items worked their way into fragrances. I often wonder, who was the first guy to try that?! Food for thought! P.S. I love Antaeus. Thank you sir.

[@ThePaPappy]

Very interesting, many things I did not know. And the humor is always a bonus ! Thanks

[@HIELOKING]

Mr. Smelly: Usually I comment in a very immature way. Yoday, I truly have to stand up and applaud your effort on todayś video. Obviously, your energy is always shown in all your content, but today, you have turned to another KING REVIEWER on my list . Kudos on your work man!!!

[@rickpennington2335]

Finally got to this video. Very informative of some notes that people don't quite understand. I learned a lot regarding animalic notes and smells....Thank you for the great review.

[@jojolouise171]

Great video. We have civets living somewhere in our backyard in Tokyo and they spray that smelly stuff around in Feb/March. It’s the weirdest smell! The closest thing I have smelt that is similar is the skunk in America....funky and off, but not as eye watering and gagable.

[@javierdiazsantana]

I do have skunks living around my house since a hill is in front of my house. The smell is pungeant but nice still

[@justaddlight]

I recall the original Obsession (for women) having civet in it...as well as Noir for men by Tom Ford - absolutely CANNOT stand that one, but at least Obsession was a hit. I was also swallowed by a whale once while trying to procure some fresh ambergris. Luckily I escaped by running all the way to the end until I was pooped out.

[@speedwolf5212]

Just Add Light Noir edp definitely had civet in the earliest formulation. It's been removed in current formula (I much prefer the newer version, but I do respect that skank in the older version)

[@justaddlight]

In that case, thank goodness for the reformulation. I've been wearing Noir Pour Femme and it's essentially a slightly more floral version of Noir Extreme. Wonderful, wonderful juice. No civet note lol.

[@HenryPerez_royal_hp]

GhostTech1 well they must have the old formula at Sephora cuz I love noir edp and I can clearly still make out the civet in that frag. I was at Sephora a week ago and trust me, there is still plenty of civet in that frag!

[@javierdiazsantana]

My mom has a vintage bottle of Obsession, from around the late 90's or early 2K's. Extremely rancid all the way through

[@liciomarfisi4868]

Excellent video, I wanted to learn more about animalic notes but there isn’t a lot of information in youtube about this aspect of perfumery, so kudos for doing this, very cool‼️✌️

[@MrTeopantli]

you make everything seem so appealing. i'll never be able to look at Smurfy's cat the same way. Another fun and entertaining video...very educational.

[@zakibouabdelli5121]

Kouros ,antaeus and Givenchy gentlemen vintage its perfumes are essential in my collection, the best animal fragrances of all time

[@DWdawgable]

I just wana say I love your videos, man! Always fun. This is an awesome video, I really like your way of analyzing these notes. I don't know anyone else doing video like this, right now. I think you should keep doing things like this! Other types of notes I think would be interesting to go into are: different wood notes, different green notes, different fruit notes, etc. This could be the start of a great series!

[@NoahFerris1122]

You are the best professor!

[@heric_]

I've just subscribed to your channel! Love this video and your oldschool gentleman taste in fragrance! I'm 28 but I love all the gems you mention in this type of videos! The other reviewers are not so classy in fragrance's tastes and they seem to prefer overly sweet boyish-colognes. Among these 3 my favorite (and most versatile) is Antaeus ! I love it! Keep up the great work! Cheers from Italy ! :)

[@javierdiazsantana]

I did bought Givenchy Gentleman '74 modern formula. It does have a gnarly vomit civet note from the opening which turns rancid to the drydown and accompanies the russian leather. Still extremely funky to today's standards. Really loving the sex bomb feel at 20 years old

[@Agerskiold]

I remember wearing Korous - It's indeed a beast and will create attention 😉 Absolutely great and informative video - Thank you 👍🏼😎

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot Rene.

[@redneckgent.7139]

Thanks Mr.Smelly. Enjoyed the tutorial on animalics.

[@paulhegarty8380]

Great stuff! One of your best Mr. Smelly and certainly the best offering to date this year by any reviewer I have seen. I really enjoyed the tutorial aspect to it, very interesting and a refreshing change to common formats.- I've just realised by watching this that I must be a bit of an animalic guy when it comes to fragrance preferences. I tend to gravitate to them judging by my bottle collection, good to know.- Mr. Smelly, I would love you to deliver a further video at some point on an issue related to this one. It is regarding Etat Libre d'Orange's ' Secretions Magnifiques '. I haven't had my nose on this ' fragrance ' yet but I intend to get a sample soon. As you will know Mr. Smelly, this is the 'enfant terrible ' of the fragrance community, countless fragrance lovers finding it absolutely nauseating and completely unwearable. Yet, there are some who find an appeal in it and it has gained credit with certain luminaries , Luca Turin for example gives it 5 stars in his book , describing it as a 'nautical floral' and " stupendous !" . So just what is going on here with such a huge discrepancy of opinion? I think this is going beyond the " well it's all subjective " argument. I think it raises all kinds of philosophical debates about the nature of perfumery, aesthetics and art . If we accept that perfumery is an art form ( this is a contentious issue in itself ) then are the ELd'O perfumers playing around with the notion of ' What is art ? ' in the way that artist Marcel Duchamp did in 1917 by exhibiting an inverted urinal? , exploiting the lack of a firm definition of art. Could they quite literally be taking the piss? Is it a case of the perfumers saying " it's art because I say it is?" in the same way artist Tracey Emin did with her ' My Bed ' installation (1998) after graduating from Goldsmiths? Or are the perfumers making a legitimate statement by revealing the underbelly of our olfactory human condition in a way that parallels the disturbing work of the British 20th century painter Francis Bacon? I'd be very interested to know any thoughts you have on this . - Sorry for the digression, I find it an interesting area nonetheless. -Thanks for the video Mr. Smelly, really enjoyed it.

[@indigosunset70]

sir, youre as usual, a life saver. thx

[@ralfp9809]

Outstanding video Dan ! One of your best :) In terms of civet note I recommend Alain Delon - Iquitos :)

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks Ralph I hope to try Iquitos at some point. Have heard great things.

[@f.brigette8807]

Glad you posted this. I currently wear bois du Portugal (on top of a coconut scented body lotion, makes a nice combo). It has ambergris in it. I also own Panda by Zoologist which has musk and civet in the base. So this video was informative.

[@heatphaze]

Great in depth analysis. I won't touch anything with Civet lol but i really like Ambergris, you are right in saying it gives a magical touch to the Creed dry downs

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks Chinensis. Yes those Creed drydowns are lovely.

[@UnCommonScentz]

the fact that vomit and honey are synonymous when compared in scent profile in reference to civet makes sooo much sense! Raw honey elicits an involuntary vomit reflex from me.

[@anusrectus]

Refreshing video. One thing I suggest is to check the correct pronunciation of Givenchy.

[@benchampion3768]

Great stuff Dan👍🏻 I love me some civet. It’s all about balance though and used wisely the animalic flourishes can deepen and elevate a fragrance into something sublime. Shame a lot are banned now. Boss Number One is a fantastic inexpensive one. Still very animalic in current formulation I would recommend you try if you haven’t already👌🏻

[@davidpeters2905]

Hi there Mr smelly, thank you for such a interesting, educational video, i really enjoyed it and I have learnt a lot, you have really gone the extra mile and gave us some fantastic examples of fragrances, nice one

[@AdamB12]

Love the ambergris note on Green Irish Tweed. Best part of wearing it!

[@hocineted7594]

It is also is aventus, is it more in green Irish tweed ?

[@AdamB12]

@@hocineted7594 I would say yes. You can smell it especially 6+ hrs wearing it

[@mister.h61]

Smelly, as a yank who doesn't love animalic stuff, this was a great video. Keep it up.

[@geensloth911]

I just discovered your channel. You have a new subscriber! Awesome content.

[@ryszardsynowiec1547]

Well done! Thank you! Leather Oud from Dior has real civet punch. My wife hates it

[@2ScentsWorth]

Excellent video dan , learned a lot , very informative and a very fresh (lol) topic to the frag com 👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot my friend!!!!

[@patrickbateman4541]

On my skin Kouros is a civet bomb in the drydown, always got the soft strong cheese and baby 💩 vibe, but i love it honestly

[@blade38120]

Very informative video I really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing !

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot Todd.

[@Alwayssmellgood24]

I just don't think many fragrance reviewers would even touch this subject Dan, so for that and that alone, I commend you!. Good job mate, keep the videos coming.

[@johndavid4007]

There are videos on animalic fragrances all over KZbin. Have you looked?

[@Alwayssmellgood24]

John David you're right. I just meant it's not as covered as many other facets of fragrances/perfumery, and usually not in this much detail either lol. Think Dan did a great job here.

[@MrJBatista01]

Great video, very informative and educational.

[@yc-ju9us]

This is a very useful video. Thank you so much!!!

[@alexanderschestag3247]

Great video. I love the description of ambergris, my favourite note of all. Green Irish Tweed was a great choice. But what about hyrax? Where's skunk? Both are used in fragrances. Hyrax is rather common, for example in the fragrance with the same name by Zoologist. Skunk is extremely rare, but I own one with a synthetic skunk note. They are both very challenging, especially skunk. But they can be interesting in fragrances.

[@hocineted7594]

Is the ambergris in green Irish tweed more present than aventus ?

[@gandabacha12345]

Amazing concept. I hope you continue doing it in future as well. I would love to see more videos on what makes a fragrance fall in a particular category like leathery, powdery etc. Enjoy watching your videos and love your spontaneous humour. I haven't been near beaver's ass too, otherwise I would have loved to share my experience 😂😂

[@esahin01]

Thank you very informative video. Congratulations!

[@eve123w8]

Quite interesting! Thank you Dan

[@dylanthedyslexicvillain4294]

Really good video very interesting

[@bobbystillz222]

Ambroxan is now used instead of Ambergris. Ex- Sauvage Dior. Similar smell but Ambroxan has a slight metallic odor. Sweet metallic in a good way.

[@Billoushukla]

Thank you very much bro you explained it very nicely this

[@timsalesgrant]

Have you checked out Oud Wood Intense? I believe it falls into this category and has that nice old fashioned masculine smell. I think you might like it and would love to hear your thoughts about it.

[@waelabdellatif4275]

Great informative video ...thanks alot

[@coreysaunders4376]

Another great video! Kind of curious you said they use synthetic musk now. What’s the reasoning? Cheaper & easier to produce?

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks Corey. It may well be cheaper but use of real musk was banned for animal protection reasons I think.

[@charlesgerman2243]

Thank you for your research and information. I, also, wonder who the (whatever) discovered these notes. Wonder what smells they went through that they discarded. Huh.

[@mylessilton7507]

Awesome! Please do more educational ones like this. BTW, check out another animalic that I love, Dog Paw: it has a scent distinctly reminiscent of corn chips. Would love to see a whole series on notes. Great to see some of my other favorite reviewers below. Keep up the good work, mate.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot Myles. I plan to do more videos of this type.

[@ruthannemackinnon588]

Another excellent example of castoreum is Yatagan from Caron. It's a real man bomb that I love on my husband

[@rho91]

Very informative. I always look forward to your signature shot gun blast.

[@chandrannair6714]

You are great man.... very informative video... Thnks

[@iancampbell1494]

I'd very much enjpy if you did a review of Eau D'hermes. There is only one other review on youtube of the fragrance. Its a sort of animalic extremely antique yet not old leather fragrance. I dlove to hear your take on that fragrance.

[@kkchome]

Great video. I''m a big fan of some animalic perfumes. Really love Kouros, Antaeus and am still searching for more animalic goodness. I have a new bottle of Givenchy Gentleman, but I don't get any animalistic vibe from it, unfortunately.

[@kkchome]

forgot to mention, so far the best ambergris I have come across is Creed's Erolfa.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks kk. The modern Givenchy Gentleman has lost some depth and maybe some animalic funk I think. Erolfa is indeed a great Creed with a very good ambergris note.

[@nickyb7185]

I’m pretty certain kouros used animalis, a base created in the mid 20s by Synarome and is a synthetic. But hey it’s a great composition regardless.

[@interqward1]

I don't totally go along with this paradigm mythology about 'earthy/animalic/sexy' et cetera AS THE ONLY FACTOR when it comes to ambergris in particular - I think more recent thinking about molecular dichroism in scent molecule compounds goes a long way towards explaining why perfumers use ambergris: if you leave the ambergris in the other compounds for a long time, after a while it 'lifts' - really almost 'spins' the scent upwards with a power and energy that is clearly distinguishable from the same compounds when they are WITHOUT the ambergris. It's a micro-electronic potentials thing... I think. Something we are still a way off fully understanding in exclusively a scientific way.

[@eve123w8]

John Ward great comment🤓

[@interqward1]

Thanks. This is a great channel with excellent videos and reviews.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks John great comment. I agree Ambergris is really in a different category to civet etc.

[@inherealo2600]

Since you're in the UK, can you do a first impression on Ted Baker new releases? They are Au, Cu, Ag. Here in the USA we find them at Nordstrom at $85. I particularly liked Au.

[@moicecibon4768]

Very educational, thank you

[@MarkKislich]

Interesting... seems like the note I am looking for, thinking it is animalic.. perhaps isn't? We're talking about... something sharp, with bite, with a punch, nearly, maybe, sort of pungent and aetheric, sorta like turpentine or gasoline (though not necessarily smelling just like gasoline, lol).. Any idea what type of note we might be looking at here? :-) Mark

[@BabylonBurnout]

Lapidus also has this "stinky white floral" note, I guess in Lapidus they use jasmin while in Kouros they use synthetic civet (I haven't smelled Kouros yet though). However I don't find those notes very masculine at all, maybe masculine in the sense of a sweaty shower room, but not comparable to the dark leatheryness of something like Antaeus. I think castoreum wins over civet in terms of manly scents.

[@gisbrei]

I love the ambergris/ambroxan in Creeds, and I also want to try more scents with musk(y) notes. I recently tried a sample of Figment Man from Amouage - Smells like Schweppes Lemon with a hefty dose of zoo, and I had to wash it off after about an hour. It has a very strong animalic urine note, that I'm told is synthetic. Something derived from goat fur?

[@adms8169]

Ambergris Is found on beaches not on the water...its a wonderful smell unlike any other

[@Lawful_Rebel]

Bizarre, yet really fascinating subject. Probably synthetic civitone now in perfumery, not genuine civit; like deer musk I think the real thing's illegal now, is it?

[@terricampbell9376]

Kiehl’s musk oil is AMAZING. After wearing it to the office, several guys went and bought it for their wives.

[@adms8169]

I have all of material raw. I must say they are amazing and not as off putting as claimed

[@saabreplay7553]

I love the smell of skunk. So wish there was a strong skunk perfume I could buy, and use it to offend everyone.

[@kkchome]

me too. I really like the smell of skunk if it is just a whiff from far away.

[@karlsenula9495]

Come on Zoologist or Secretions Magnifique .... Here's an opportunity.

[@TheFragranceDecantBoutique]

Very educational and informative.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Thanks a lot.

[@HenryPerez_royal_hp]

If you guys want to smell ambergris in a modern , fantastic dare I say one of the most lovely frags in the modern era then I would suggest you try YSL l’homme parfum intense, not only is that frag to die for but it also has a lot (real or not I don’t know) if ambergris in the dry down.

[@coisalinda2424]

Good job

[@ChrisTian-wp6wh]

Dont like animalic fragrancea but I liked the explanation! Great vid

[@Smuckerzz]

Hey, great content. Just curious, do you know of any fragrances with a dominant cedar wood note?

[@marvinmetaphysics939]

Qurom silver

[@adms8169]

If you want to experience real anamalic notes in high end perfume I suggest the following mellifluence, ensar oud,, areej LA dore , bortnikoff

[@RastaMonn]

2022 animalistic r the FUTURE!

[@johndavid4007]

I'd imagine that ambergris in any amount is now banned by IFRA, especially if they don't even allow plant products, like oakmoss.

[@mylessilton7507]

I wonder. You don't kill the whales to get it; they puke it up. So there's a limited supply. That's what makes it one of the most expensive perfume ingredients there is (if not the most). I think parfumeurs use ambroxin (?), the synthetic, because the real stuff is so expensive, not because it's illegal.

[@iampaulesp]

Who the bloody hell discovered these notes?

[@RWD.G]

I guess people were like... Hey ! look ! Is that the ugliest cat you've ever seen ? Yes, it is ! I wonder how its ass smells like ...

[@rajgorvikram]

Abdul Karim al Faransi "Shaikh al faransi" has a very prominent Ambergris note which is very similar to real Ambergris, considering the price of the same, I wouldn't be surprise, if perfumer has used real Ambergris.

[@johndavid4007]

What a stunning fragrance. A rich ambergris-like, oceanic tobacco scent. But it's not real ambergris. Being in England, he has to deal with IFRA compliances. Plus, if that had real ambergris in it, it would cost 5 times as much as it does.

[@jesseganning3244]

Top intro.

[@حامدعبدالحي-ع4ن]

💕

[@dmr9767]

Maai by bogue or Salome by Papillion?

[@michaelmcdonald9847]

Where's that polo from?

[@MrSmelly1977]

It's from River Island .

[@charlesekstrom2319]

Cat spunk!😂😂🙌

[@Aman-nl2vz]

Lol great thumbnail

[@adms8169]

that picture of the deer musk pod is not how it really looks like. Now as for your claim about perfumers don't use real deer musk is not entirely true . however its more from artisans perfume then your normal designers

[@respekmaauthoritah9089]

Sex panther is my go to animalic

[@TrephineArtist]

I go out of my way to avoid fragrances involving animal cruelty, man it's really twisted and vile to put these things on your skin in the name of vanity! Makes my skin crawl, I hope they do use synthetic/plant versions these days.

[@MrSmelly1977]

They do use synthetic versions in almost all cases so there is no cruelty involved nowadays.

[@TrephineArtist]

Thanks for the reply, that's a relief, I can now smell like a cat's arse and beaver bollocks safe in the knowledge no animals were harmed! :D

[@The1sista]

God bless the synthetics 😂

[@pilldolan9918]

If you have fresh ambergris like I do, it smells utterly filthy. Like an unclean public toilet when I first found it.

[@feralfeline6137]

You should apply for a job narrating Kamasutra videos.

[@MrSmelly1977]

Ha ha thanks Sjaak!

[@twoscoops2]

Tip: Don't watch while you're eating dinner.

[@simplysurprising]

I eat beaver ballz for dinner

[@AndreSpecht]

99% of his videos are about old school fragrances

[@karlsenula9495]

Bollocks .... Literally.