💸 Club Black by Mercedes Benz | Unboxing Series 🎁 BENZOIN / VANILLA / SWEET

[@kevino73]

The only other vanilla at this price point (discounters) that I would probably rather wear is Givenchy Pi.

[@ivantrudeau8974]

Thank You.

[@jamesnash7262]

…good one…

[@robes08]

Classic!!

[@AugustinOlivares]

Classic but dated!

[@thomasglover7937]

Banger!

[@9EricCN3]

Oh man, I love this one so much. I LOVE vanilla and this one was released about a year after I began collecting. Bought it blind and WOW! So cozy during the colder months :)

[@TheVisualante]

Interesting…I have both this and Althair and the two are not at all the same to my nose, this is more similar to Kay Ali Vanilla 28 although those have differences too. All three are very good, Althair is way more cinnamon and spice forward takes a whole other turn. Club black is phenomenal def would recommend especially for the price.

[@McAmeron089III]

Yeah. I don't get the comparison to Althair. At all.

[@McAmeron089III]

LOVE Althair and Liquid Brun. MB Club Black not so much.

[@ivansotirov2457]

This used to be $30 in my place, now it's easily x2. Doesn't feel right once you've seen it for cheap.

[@nategin9009]

This

[@nathansmith-nd9nq]

Your a great teacher Mark !

[@downtown9451]

Years ago this actually was compared to SDV. Agree with you on best vanilla in the game - but there is a contender you may someday can sniff. It's Vanille Planifolia 21 Exrait by Guerlain also.

[@ShanMasala-we8cw]

Spot on review. Just got this, and fairly linear vanilla is how I've experienced it.

[@robes08]

Thank you for sharing 😀

[@JoyToy-m3w]

Need you to review Teriaq- it’s a masterpiece - vanilla apricot Carmel vanilla unisex and a Bisch original - It’s nuclear in projection, sillage , and longevity.

[@dimitriorlov4542]

Blind bought it yesterday and was looking for your review and your video just showed up 😮

[@SalemMillion]

What do you think of it, I'm debating whether blind buying it or Bentley intense

[@dimitriorlov4542]

@@SalemMillion didn’t receive it yet. I have bentley intense tho and it’s really good if you like boozy scents

[@SalemMillion]

@@dimitriorlov4542 Bentley usually go really low on discount but Mercedes rarely drops it's around 45-50 these days, and i really hate blind buying, might just pull the trigger on one of my all time favorite comme de garcon 2, I'm very curious on Mercedes and Bentley 🙄

[@GoranAbraxas]

@@SalemMillion If you like more challenging scents, more divisive, go with Bentley. If you like slightly boozy vanilla sweetness, go with Mercedes. (I have both, they're both great).

[@Abdal_Khan10]

@@SalemMillion both are very nice, bentley is for more mature noses

[@moneyparhar]

I'm not the only one that was looking forward for this review of club black and comparison to PDM.

[@Mr.Cologne]

Mancera Vanilla Exclusive is Amazing 👏

[@tritondriver1]

Was following this Awesome Channel yrs ago. Now I found it again. Hell Yeah

[@robes08]

Welcome back!

[@brenlynch4811]

Cheers Marc, by all accounts a decent scent it’s got a lot of hype . Have a good one fella 🤛👊💪

[@robes08]

Same to you!

[@fever_1033.0]

I love this one so much, and hated Althair, as it smelled awful on my skin. Great video and review! 😊

[@robes08]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@razvanyke]

Another great one, take care man ! I had the same impression when I smelled Althäir and then the MB .. it is a pity that PDM reduced the perfume oil and increased the prices. The Boss Bottled Intense got discontinued, who knows what deal had COTY with PDM to "give way" to Layton.

[@firstactionhero]

Is the PDM version better quality, or a waste of money? I had both and the Mercedes Benz seemed more sweet vanilla vanillin whilst PDM is more burnt sugar ethyl maltol and vanillian

[@derrickarmour]

Probably not interested in my opinion but will still share!! Personally I found Althair more spicy, dusty and a lot more musky (definitely more going on but not a complex fragrance by any means). Althair is more interesting and I enjoy it more but I do think price is a bit ridiculous should be 160 max like Layton at discounters not 200+.

[@McAmeron089III]

@@derrickarmour I was really smitten with Althair. It has something unique to my nose. Just wish it would push and last a little longer on me.

[@NickyStikes]

I bought a decant of Althair and thought it was pretty good. Ultimately decided against buying a full bottle tho. I purchased a bottle of MBCB from a discounter and was really disappointed because I couldn’t smell it. I think I’m anosmic to whatever synthetic ingredient they use.

[@McAmeron089III]

This was precisely my experience with Club Black;I couldn't smell anything! I love Althair. Love Liquid Brun more.

[@robes08]

Thanks for sharing!

[@superonyx2]

Its a great vanilla scent. I've been buying lots of vanilla decants trying to find a better one. Have not been successful yet. Babycat is nice, Vertus Vanilla Oud is ok. Hard to find a great masculine Vanilla.

[@jamesnash7262]

…agree…vanilla is just not that interesting on its own and does not convey masculinity, in fact i personally feel it detracts, lol…probably because i find it so attractive and pervasively worn by women…and yes i’m perfectly comfortable with my own mascumanity…

[@McAmeron089III]

I hope to get my nose on Babycat someday. It can't be as good as I've built it up in my mind to be.

[@superonyx2]

@@McAmeron089III it’s nice but it’s not special. If you’ve ever smelled Mercedes club black it’s very similar to that vanilla, but instead of benzoin it has a suede note

[@lcpd3311]

Imaginary author’s vanilla

[@mikepgz1]

I’m a PDM fanboy and I’m in the comments! Still enjoy your prospective. Have a great day!

[@robes08]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jasonmelo1974]

I've tried so hard to like this one. I've owned it for 5 years. Starts off with milk chocolate and a dry down is dark chocolate and dark woods. I don't like the dry down at all.

[@michaelbullock8011]

Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try it and have a blessed day

[@robes08]

Thank you! You too!

[@JustAnotherLou]

Mercedes Benz Club Black could be a clone of something out there, however that something couldn't be Althair, Club Black was released in 2017, Althair in 2023. Just in case...

[@robes08]

Thanks for sharing

[@nategin9009]

This one is just fair on its own. I layer it with boss bottled edp to add spiciness and depth. Also becomes s projection beast and lasts way longer.

[@robes08]

Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@carasparks8500]

I got my club black for 37 bucks usd on aura fragrance a few weeks ago. Amazing price for that

[@MrHutto1]

The Benz stuff rules. Always happy to pick one up.

[@robes08]

🙌

[@bottlesandbeer]

This was my first Vanilla forward scent. Used to love this one. What is the name of the Guerlain you said was the best?

[@romteb]

Spiritueuse double vanille

[@GoranAbraxas]

Probably Spiritueuse Double Vanille.

[@bottlesandbeer]

@@romteb thank you Sir. Great review by the way. Very spot on.

[@kalipsy1062]

Would thoroughly appreciate your take on the Le Parfum

[@robes08]

Le parfum? Of which fragrance? Thanks

[@RobertTaylor-ub6hv]

PDM is panned by niche snobs because of its mass appeal. It’s panned by designer experts because of cost even though it is felt (by most reviewers) to have higher quality and better blended than most designer houses. In my opinion PDM can be hit or miss depending on how one’s nose interacts with the synthetics they use. To most, Layton smells heavenly but to me it smells like a mentholatum rub. I love Percival as my signature scent but to some it smells like spicy pickles. My wife loves Haltane but I go nose blind to it after the opening. My point is it, that just like every other house some PDM’s are great, some are so so, and some are forgettable, but it will not be the same fragrances for every person. Polarizing yes, bad no. Since they do not send me free bottles I have no opinion about the practice. It just seems they get more criticism for it than all the other houses which do the same. I would just say maybe it is a reviewer issue not a marketing issue.

[@McAmeron089III]

I agree with your comment about Layton and mentholatum. Looking forward to smelling more PDM,like Percival and Carlisle. Also,yep,reviewer issues are a thing! One of the first things I learned about fragrances is that noses are SO different. I just doused my self with Dior Sauvage Elixir;and I can't smell a damn thing=anosmic? I just have a sample. Don't really like what I can smell of it.

[@sergemunitz1153]

Is Cool Water a better fragrance than Green Irish Tweed because it's cheaper, Marc? :)

[@robes08]

Better? No. GIT is better but depending on taste getting cool water instead of git can be a great purchase.

[@ivantrudeau8974]

Pi by Givenchy, It's too synthetic and powdery for my liking.🤔 I will give MBCB a shot 😁

[@robes08]

Hope it works out, but honestly Mercedes isn't going to improve much from what you smelled from Givenchy. This is synthetic as well.

[@ivantrudeau8974]

@robes08 😂 I would appreciate any suggestions for a good vanilla scent.

[@ivantrudeau8974]

​@@robes08😂 Ok, thank You

[@sabrinaandbenji1390]

Longevity is great on this, 2 weeks on paper and clothes❤

[@jeffbrown7790]

Lattafa Pride Art of Nature ll is also a very well done PDM Althaïr clone… For $60 they are really it scents right with the Lattafa Pride line!! I love my Niche n Indie.. for me to like Lattafa.. they are well done fragrances. I’m picky as hell. 😁🔥💯

[@izmolaitela6684]

There definitely is smoke in the back and not JUST that amber lingering. So yes there is some incense

[@jamesnash7262]

…i’ve personally never smelled a PDM maybe one day i will…Club Black is everything you said, i like it a lot and it is linear…that linearity does makes it cloying to me by the time it wears off…it led me to pretty much the entire line, i think i’m missing two…Club Black is pretty much the best of them imho…

[@robes08]

Appreciate the feedback on the brand. Sounds like i need to sniff a few more benz

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

Good stuff but I sold my bottle. I prefer Perry Ellis Oud Black Vanilla Absolute. Owning both seemed redundant.

[@robes08]

I heard that one is good as well but hard to find now

[@AGentlemansJourney77]

I feel like this smells similar to Guerlain Spiritueuse.

[@robes08]

Chad, put down the drink 🍸 you're drunk

[@biggboi1967]

Marc keeping it real.

[@robes08]

Always!

[@varmankulasinkam53]

The legend marc

[@robes08]

✊️

[@flightgravity7483]

I think Althair is closer to Ted Lapidus Altamir.

[@robes08]

Thanks for sharing.

[@henningtollefsen8725]

Altair is just a clone of Ferrari Scuderia Black and cost about 5x more

[@Gungrave123]

This used to be in every Jeremy top 10 when it came out.

[@robes08]

We don't speak of Daniel here. 😄

[@sensequest]

Thank you Sir

[@robes08]

No problemo

[@misterbeane]

When I smelled PDM Althair, that is the first thing I thought of, with just an added gourmand element. To my nose, Althair is more fem-leaning, while the incense in Club Black keeps it leaning masculine. Also, at like 1/5 of the price of the PDM, there's zero reason to get Althair, IMO.

[@robes08]

Agreed 👍

[@g.a.m.e8126]

Thanks for reminding me. I own this...

[@robes08]

😆 you needed a reminder, that can't be good

[@Leonard_Washington76]

I’ve been waiting on this since Althair came out.

[@robes08]

😃

[@fredbagley2097]

So PDM has a another clone from their clone house

[@Indecencealicia]

Love this one

[@robes08]

Great to see!

[@xoPRECISEox]

I fell for the hype a few years ago. Gentscents and a few others were saying how this is a awesome "vanilla" fragrance. So I was thinking like vanilla ice cream, so I was hyped. Yeah so when I finally got it and put it on, it didn't smell like ice cream. It smelled like a creap vanilla candle. Think of a light brown vanilla candle that old women would have. It was awful, not masculine at all, I was I don't want to smell like this. Horrible scent, but the one good thing is the performance, it has longevity. Save your money!

[@robes08]

Appreciate your take on it

[@Indecencealicia]

I didn’t know about it smelling like althair I’ve smelled that one and this one is much better

[@McAmeron089III]

My bottle must be defective; it smells nothing like Althair.

[@robes08]

Appreciate your thoughts

[@XanoviaScents]

Great job as always... ^_^

[@robes08]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MrErnestangelo]

The best vanilla in the business is Guerlain Vanilla Planifolia 21 Extrait

[@robes08]

Possibly

[@McAmeron089III]

Never heard a bad word about MB Club Black;so,I got a bottle recently. May be something wrong with my nose but I get very, very little from this at all. It's like they forgot to put fragrance in it ! No resemblance to my beloved Althair(I only have a 10ml sample.) I really had high hopes for MB Club Black but my bottle is disappointing at best. Atomizer doth suck. It cost me just under $50/100ml. Closest to Althair I have smelled is Liquid Brun(my bottles were $45/100ml and I like it better than Althair and it lasts longer for me and I have a backup bottle.). You can put your head in the sand about middle-eastern clone/dupes but they're not going away any time soon. I won't be buying any PDM Althair;the Liquid Brun is too good. I find it's all about much more than just vanilla.

[@robes08]

Happy to see you found what you wanted. I'll keep my head in the sand about clones, especially when I have no idea what they put in that juice.

[@McAmeron089III]

@@robes08 So maybe I'm the one with my head in the sand. Please do elaborate on the bad stuff that's in clone/dupe fragrances.

[@nebbious8096]

I can’t get past the synthetic feel on this one

[@GoranAbraxas]

99.9% of modern perfumes have synthetic vanilla (vanillin), pure complex vanilla smells more woody-peppery than vanillic, not many people would instantly say they like the smell.

[@xoPRECISEox]

It's horrible, smells like a cheap waxy brown vanilla candle for old women. Super linear, was waiting for it to get better but no, smells awful the whole way through.

[@nebbious8096]

@@GoranAbraxas I have other fragrances with vanillin that don’t smell poorly done like this one

[@nebbious8096]

@@xoPRECISEox it reminds me artificial vanilla protein powder lol

[@GoranAbraxas]

@@nebbious8096 Yes, fragrances differ.

[@kingyeti6336]

I’ve bought this at $40 and at $80. Easily worth the $80 imo. To me the incense makes this what it is.

[@runningscents2532]

This is better than the pdm..

[@robes08]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[@slingblade37814]

This thing is waaaaaay too sweet.

[@robes08]

Yep she's sweet

[@The_Mavs_Are_Bums]

I got it for 35$ great scent

[@robes08]

Great price for it

[@ericgordon4746]

Hahaha, you going to hurt them soft PDM boys manginas and feelings talking like that, 😂 F**k em if they can't take a joke. The sad thing is that you are right about influencers and PDM family. I got a sample of Layton once, and nope. Nothing but sugary, sweet, non-sense. Love the honesty you bring. You brightened my day with this review.

[@robes08]

Appreciate you!

[@yassver]

I liked it but got boring - dude it’s not like althair at all 😂 wtf. Like any vanilla fragrance smells the same? To be clear, I had this before, haven’t had althair but have sampled it in store a decent amount. Althair has more of the caramel for me. Are they close yes, but wearing them they feel a lot different. And yes price wise this one is way more worth it for a vanilla.

[@petewisdom1984]

I look at comparisons like that in the same fashion that any citrus fragrance that ever gets released from now on either smells like Neroli Portofino or Aventus.

[@Alritealritealrite]

So in other words, you really don't know.

[@fitprotunes]

Exactly, it's not close, maybe in the same ballpark but the Mercedes is much more vanilla centric. If anything this is a clone of a Guerlain. I'm not a big fan of Althair but this clearly smell cheaper and more synthetic to me.

[@OpusWon]

He reminds me of the comic book guy from the Simpsons lol

[@Mutiny960]

k Fanboi b*ch. No one believes you.

[@TheFragranceDecantBoutique]

❤

[@dannytetreault]

🍁 Ah, a Canadian 🇨🇦

[@robes08]

Yes you spotted one

[@Gardocki74]

Had this...sold it. Got Liquid Brun...much better. Got Althair...kept it and sold Brun.

[@McAmeron089III]

Liquid Brun I find more enjoyable both in scent appreciation and performance than Althair. Just me. Club Black,my bottle is a disappointment.

[@Gardocki74]

@@McAmeron089III i definitely like it better than Club Black....still more synthetic and it didn't perform for me, unfortunately. Love Althair....

[@McAmeron089III]

@@Gardocki74 I still have about 9ml of Althair left to use. I may change may mind about it and buy some. In the meantime(this Winter) I'll be with Liquid Brun. Thanks for your comment!

[@traffictraffic]

Mbcb is decent juice

[@robes08]

🙌

[@ammaralsadoon-i5v]

I wish you review TED Lapidus Altamir. You will love it. For Amber lover. Very surprised, excellent quality and very cheap

[@robes08]

Noted!

[@zfl727]

👏💯

[@robes08]

✊️

[@Cornelle6319]

Club Black does not smell like Althair. Black is a Nuclear bomb of vanilla. Althair is Not worth the money. But better than Black by a lotta bit to my nose. Still wouldn’t buy it. I picked up Liquid Brun instead for sub $50. Does what I need and more.

[@McAmeron089III]

I like Liquid Brun. Got a backup bottle of it.

[@robes08]

Thanks for sharing

[@bshannon67]

Way too much vanilla in modern fragrance. I'll never get the love of sweet, vanillac fragrances. I guess the kiddos swoon for it but I'd prefer a nice, mossy, leathery, woody, aromatic. Then again, the only PdM worth a damn in my book is Lippizan and the best "car fragrance" is the original Bugatti.

[@bogdantoneff2693]

Completely agree with ya. Vanilla/tonka is in *everything* and on high amounts. Everyone seems ro be on the syrupy/gourmond wagon, which sucks for me. I hate vanilla and anything which smells food-loke. 😑

[@Principemostprincipe]

I definetly dont think they are the same, but Club Black is way better value for money. Althair is extremly overpriced for what it is. I do not understand all this hate on PDM. They have some more challenging and niche fragrances( pegasus exclusif, nisean, habdan, kalan, carlisle, haltane) yes they are overpriced, but man, what company is not overpriced. They are established company on market. What about mind games? Argos? And rest of those new niche companies? I can mention good few more…

[@robes08]

I dislike PDM because they haven't shown me anything yet, but I mean yet. We will see. Those other brands like argos and mind games seem like the same type of marketing etc.. so there's a reason you don't see anything from those brands on my channel

[@Principemostprincipe]

@@robes08 and we all thank you for not putting those brands on your channel. Marketing for those brands is simple. Release the product, pump the price, send money or free bottles to influencers and happy days.

[@joshsawyerstreamvods]

really like this one good value

[@joaopaulostasiu1091]

To me it was really boring, too linear. I was expecting more things on this like the incense but it’s just vanilla basicaly

[@robes08]

It's definitely vanilla forward.

[@marcjohn9404]

Actually one I know... and enjoy!

[@jasonmelo1974]

You say the vanilla is synthetic but all vanilla is synthetic. There's no such thing as natural vanilla in fragrance.

[@PutsoWick]

Tried to like this but couldn’t,too feminine for my liking end up giving 2 boxes of them away

[@robes08]

Appreciate your take, nice to see a different take on it.

[@seanp7871]

PDM fan boys in the comment section

[@robes08]

So many , they are everywhere 🫣

[@Mrgreen25200]

Honnest review. Règlo

[@robes08]

🫡

[@nwananka]

PDM is a clone house

[@robes08]

It is