💸 DesireToxic L'Intense by M. Micallef | Unboxing Series 🎁 SPICES / GREENS / BLACK CURRANT

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@sammykins6529 5 ай бұрын

Expose the community please! It's getting really suffocating.

@Narcissist_Police 4 ай бұрын

One of the best actual reviewers left on KZbin. It’s bittersweet.

@fragrancemafia1778 5 ай бұрын

I appreciate you for being an honest reviewer brother. Never change.

@willmarshall4685 Ай бұрын

I was a sommelier at a high end restaurant in the 90’s. At that time success in the wine market was driven by creativity and bold, provocative choices and the masters of the wine world were like gods. Then California grape growers figured out they could produce massive quantities of big, fruity grapes that produced really flavorful wines, but lacked depth and for the most part were exceedingly redundant. Thats when the marketing gurus showed up and started boosting labels that had no special character other than huge capital behind the brand. The reason they were so redundant is they were all using the exact same juice purchased at large juice consortiums. These consortiums bought grapes from hundreds of different growers and made a kind standardized juice available to all winemakers. This has led to what you see in stores these days…a bevy of decent-mediocre wines that all taste the same and all sell for about 14 dollars. This is what will happen to the frag industry as well…that’s the cost of these influencers. The true creative masters will be driven out of the market and we will be left with hundreds and hundreds of mediocre, decent smelling shower gel blue frags.

@jackhicks8935 3 күн бұрын

Here here 🥂

@TheJlorette 5 ай бұрын

Hey Marc, Thank you for the review. Thank you for being a constant reminder to the frag community that integrity is not a four letter word. Best J

@kadaj7269 5 ай бұрын

Respect brother for what you do. All we can ask from you is that you’re honest and transparent and you deliver.

@The105967 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video Mark. I really enjoy gin tonic from the brand this summer.

@ivantrudeau8974 4 ай бұрын

Smooth Operator

@michaelbullock8011 5 ай бұрын

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

@robbyroggers7898 5 ай бұрын

Had a Sample of DesirToxic a few years ago, when nobody on YT talked about it and i remember not being impressed, rather not really liking it, although i like green fragrances. So i don’t care for the intense Version. To the other Topic: Learned my lesson to find my own taste of fragrances and not to get influenced by KZbinrs. I do watch a few fragrance reviewers just for entertainment purpose and to may hear they take. But i ride my own way by discover & smelling in Stores or go online and getting Samples…

@Snedz496 4 ай бұрын

I actually liked DesirToxic personally but I have no Desir to get the L'intense version

@AbelRomo4 5 ай бұрын

Sometimes a fragrance that is getting a lot of hype it is actually worth the hype. That is rare though

@SirEricArthurBlair 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been interested in the original Desir Toxic and Gntonic. I need to get samples of those.

@kevinkebede-berhanu954 Ай бұрын

Can patchouli have soapy facets?

@themufflnmannndom2284 5 ай бұрын

Great Review!! I own their G'ntonic fragrance, which I do enjoy and have gotten many compliments. Have you tried M. Micallef's G'ntonic or Red Colorado? i hear those are the best one from the brand, at this moment anyways. Excited to see your next video!

@prestigemechanical3600 5 күн бұрын

Personally I like this one. It reminds me of a 90s release in some regards. I put aside the influencers bS and got it based on what notes I like.

@spectre9069 4 ай бұрын

I actually love the original Desir Toxic , maybe a 8 out of 10

@robes08 4 ай бұрын

I need to sniff that one.

@vincefry9225 5 ай бұрын

Dude, loving your reviews.

@Principemostprincipe 5 ай бұрын

This is excellent release imo. Way way better than the original. Full bottle worthy

@DrIstoris 5 ай бұрын

Saw people like Justin Copeland promoting this, now i see why. Freebottle brigade

@KO-pu2dx 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I was trying to figure out what FBB stood for 😎

@pandafragrance 5 ай бұрын

I got the original for $90 a few years back. Green/brown and spicy is how I’d also describe it. It smells like a modern Drakkar Noir with its soapy facet. For $90 it is WAY more complex than any designer!

@ivantrudeau8974 4 ай бұрын

Hmm.

@boogiedaddy3434 5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't mind trying this one and the original. Though the OG was certainly part of the FBB, it is one of those rare instances where a few of those guys still talk about it from time to time and it didn't completely vanish. I always heard the OG was in the Layton ballpark, but with cannabis added.

@Ekiboy1 5 ай бұрын

It is sort of. Also some Le Male DNA going on! The cannabis note is really not there to be honest. You really need to use your imagination to get that note. Minty, fresh, spicy is more how I would describe it. Good shaving cream! Cannabis scent it is not, no matter what reviews say!

@justaddlight 5 ай бұрын

I don't know what video idea crossed your mind at the end there Marc....but I wanna see it. 😄 "The state of things"

@rogerbrookes30 4 ай бұрын

Hey Marc, appreciate ur genuine review on all frags....;been watching you for years. PLEASE REVIEW - YSL MYSELF....i am about to blind buy it...but if you could let me know ur take on it, would be gr8....Thanks Marc

@ivantrudeau8974 4 ай бұрын

Have you sampled MYSELF?

@johnieduran7872 4 ай бұрын

waiting for you to do a video with Ram.on the free bottle brigade and who supplies them with their bottles.

@robes08 4 ай бұрын

Maxaroma is the biggest culprit, but there's others coming through.

@johnieduran7872 4 ай бұрын

@@robes08 Your the main man Mark, keep up the good work.

@thomashammel8966 2 ай бұрын

Finally someone said a true most rewiever were payed for this fragrance obviously

@robes08 2 ай бұрын

100!

@brendanleadbeater9400 3 ай бұрын

Just received a decant of desirtoxic. Am I crazy that I think it smells very similar to Sauvage elixir?

@robes08 3 ай бұрын

You aren't the only one, I think a few people drew that conclusion as well.

@zvikaso 5 ай бұрын

There are very few trust worthy reviewers : Mark, Ram, Mr. P, AC, Rich... and a few other unknown independent reviewers. I don't watch the FBB (except sometimes, every now and then, I watch Ash. From GentScents). Keep on the good work Mark.

@mjn1332 5 ай бұрын

Ash is horrible. All affiliate links.

@zvikaso 5 ай бұрын

@@mjn1332 I know. But still, from the FFB, he is the only one I visit once in a very long while. He is the least biased from the FFB... at least that's my opinion. I don't think he is in anyone's pocket. I found his nose to be similar to mine in quite a few occasions. Just to give you perspective, I watch him once in a few months, for PdMs and such. I won't view his opinion on real niche (and most of my collection is real niche). For that I need a nose like Mark. The rest of FFB I've watched only once or twice, understood that I'm dealing with a salesman rather than a reviewer - and I never watched them again, like Jeremy, Steven etc. There are even influencers that I've never watched, not even once, like Demi. My GOTOs are Mark, Ram, Dariush, AC and a few others.

@zvikaso 5 ай бұрын

@@mjn1332 Fotgot to mention - I never blind buy. Furthermore, I always try a full sample on my skin before buying. I dont suffer from FOMO. I can not be influenced. That's why I only have around 25 bottles of mostly niche perfume that agree with my VERY picky nose/skin (the pickiest, far pickier than Mark or Ram).

@samikandoit 4 ай бұрын

@@zvikaso Can anyone tell me what FBB or FFB stand for? It's not a term I can Google.

@harveytrevino2257 4 ай бұрын

It has merit. Sure, part of the FBB, but damn, it's done well. Have to give it credit.

@patriklundsholm514 5 ай бұрын

I dont agree, i think the Desire toxics scratchy rough edges are what makes it interesting, and its far more komplex then a Designer scent. The black currant is so well done. And the drydown into a old school fougere is sublime. I hate linear scents so imo it is very nice that it changes so much during wearing

@daniell5740 5 ай бұрын

Ite deff not complex lmaoooo

@patriklundsholm514 5 ай бұрын

@@daniell5740 wtf are you on about.. iff you disagree thats fine, but your nose is flawed or has severe corona damage, the top notes are French perfume 101...and the base is old school barbershop

@rocketrandalhood5180 5 ай бұрын

God bless you Marc.

@Malick_ibn_dinar 5 ай бұрын

Review the harmonist : hypnotizing fire 🔥 please 🙏

@omarion2k 5 ай бұрын

I thought this brand was supposed to be complete trash because of the FBB but I guess it might be worth sampling.

@traciethomas5249 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you

@karlwood3373 5 ай бұрын

From the UK new too the fragrance world i do watch other content youtubers but will never be influenced by them I do my homework and try samples first but due my very small budget affording the bigger brands I like are always out of my price range

@discomadness 5 ай бұрын

Marlon got John Witherspoon's voice to a tee

@mikepgz1 5 ай бұрын

I own both and the original DesirToxic is much better to me. I really enjoy it and payed for both. (Not retail because I try to never pay retail)

@AB-bw5yc 5 ай бұрын

I get good performance with this.

@robes08 5 ай бұрын

love to hear it!

@m373x 4 ай бұрын

It's not simply free bottles. They also receive money for advertising the fragrance. A contract based on what reach the influencer has (subs, views).

@TimMarco7 5 ай бұрын

influence or not, I always hear them say take 3 ml to test before blind buy, 3 ml would never break a bank account 🤷🏾

@Tranquilize779 5 ай бұрын

I'm relatively new to the community, and goddamm if it isn't all smoke & mirrors

@boogiedaddy3434 5 ай бұрын

Truth! Stick with this guy, The Perfume Guy (Sebastian), and Persolaise. They are in it for the right reasons.

@ivantrudeau8974 4 ай бұрын

The Goofy Heads.😂Love IT.

@robes08 4 ай бұрын

😅

@scentiment_ 5 ай бұрын

I really like the original Désir Toxic, now this one... Not so much... It's fine, a little derivative but still different enough for an 'Intense' flanker, but I'd still stick with the original every day of the week and twice on sundays over this

@basman2006 5 ай бұрын

Nah man, just one sniff of the original and i know why it's populair. And it's not free bottles. It's designer-esque and there is a reason why those scents sell. But Desir Toxic is a little more complex and interesting. It is a good one for a beginner to branch out to niche.

@BLU3Force1 5 ай бұрын

Reviewers arnt the community. We are.

@AlexisFiala 5 ай бұрын

Please do that video. We need the truth.

@sergemunitz1153 5 ай бұрын

Not a fan of the brand, upscale designer scent profiles with niche pricing! If you like designer frags and can grab one discounted, why not? Otherwise, not worth it, I agree!

@Mr.Cologne 5 ай бұрын

Good Fragrance but to much money. For 150 is a good price 😊

@Dongorgon777 5 ай бұрын

I prefer the original. I think it’s better than this one. I feel this one has lost something compared to the original

@RobertTaylor-ub6hv 5 ай бұрын

Honestly I am not sure I understand his point. Evidently free bottle reviews are bad. OK, he has the money to buy new releases but he prefers not to. So how do you get bottles to review? He hates wide release designer brands. OK respect. I am not sure I understand his problem with other influencers. I appreciate he has a beef with the industry but this video didn’t really clear it up. It seems his reputation is built on the love for obscure micro niche perfumers. Again respect. He has a sophisticated nose and that is why we are all watching him. The evolution of a cologne connoisseur is we start out designer then evolve to more complex and niche brands. I don’t look down my nose at people who prefer fresh scents. As a matter of fact, if he really wants to pick up viewers then find some micro niche brands with really outstanding, fresh, and well blended scents. Then find a wonderful, cooler weather scent that’s mass appealing but from a niche brand that appeals to the connoisseur but also to Marc’s penchant for micro niche brands. Otherwise just stand pat shitting on good but not great brands and promoting the ultra rare brands no one has ever heard of that smell like makeup and no one can afford. I guess I am saying surely there is a happy medium. Before you make a scorched earth video decrying the industry look in the mirror and have a self assessment. Or perhaps hire a consultant to help you advance your brand. It seems your desire for more subscribers and your desire for creative independence are at odds and is obscuring your message. And on a purely selfish level find me a signature scent, fresh, likable, long lasting, and great sillage scent similar to Percival but in a really cool micro niche brand no one has ever heard of. That’s what we are all really looking for. Mass appealing, fresh, no brainer scents we can pull off whenever and wherever we want. Then help us find that other scent that we can come home and put on which makes us feel like George Clooney . So if we want a $30 clone we will watch Ash. If we want an high quality lesser known niche brand we come here. There is room for both. Bottom line enough powdery, lilac, and rose scents. Help us smell amazing but like men!

@daniell5740 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like you don't watch his videos

@Ekiboy1 5 ай бұрын

His point is that free bottles should not affect how you review the fragrance. But for a lot, it does. You get a bottle for free, it is 9/10 automatically. There is no honesty!

@willmarshall4685 Ай бұрын