Fragrances That Made Me A Fraghead

[@varunu4176]

I hate fragrances and found most to be very cloying and sweet, Encre Noire is the fragrance that made me a fraghead. I was going through a phase of depression when I first blind bought and sniffed Encre Noire. Encre Noire made me feel comfortable with myself and after I tested it a few more times, I found the fragrance to bring a bright and cozy mood. Your video on Encre Noire helped me validate the blind purchase of the fragrance that kinda changed my life now. At my current point in fragrance journey, my collection grows exponentially and my current favourite is Tiziana Terenzi Laudano Nero. I used to hate Iris and I'm now trying to understand Iris as a beautiful note in perfumery.

[@VoltismProductions]

I sort of had the opposite experience, but it at least helped me learn what I do and don't like. And it's so damn cheap that I don't regret it at all.

[@varunu4176]

@@Smoke_C Thank you for the recommendation, I'll definitely check it out :D

[@UnknownChap]

It's facinating to learn what got people into this hobby we all share , appreciate you all sharing 🙏

[@fernandomilan8754]

The gateway for Brazilian teenagers in the 90s was the perfumes by O Boticário - specifically, in my experience, one called North Wind, that was inspired by Tsar. But I remember clearly my father and uncles wearing Brut or Safari or Azzaro pour Homme. My first "proper" fragrance per se was Fahrenheit (actually it was my brother's) - it was 1994 if I'm not mistaken. And it started it all. The interest first, then the research and a decade later some cash to start the actual collection. The first expensive one was GIT.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Great stories, thanks for sharing!

[@mioshkah2824]

I have saved this for a rainy day - and the days really have been rainy for awhile now. Such an interesting topic. I've gone through my already long perfume journey, too. It has been nostalgic and fun.Thank you, gracias guys!

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Thanks for watching!

[@justaddlight]

A stunning coincidence! At 14, I was also fascinated with my father's Polo and loved wearing the stuff almost daily. Definitely not as many sprays though! CK's Obsession for special occasions.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Ha. We were great smelling 14 year olds

[@xavierpettway9265]

Love your expression/fascination with Ottoman Empire. I would’ve love to experience this fragrance when it was in production. Great videos here on YT!

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Only a couple of years ago, but they are such small batches they disappear quickly.

[@CokeWithIceAndLemon]

My first ever perfume was Jil Sander Man 1 (1981) it was rumored that it was the perfume of choice for our beloved late King Fahad so i bought it and fell instantly in love, such a unique smell sadly it got discontinued, recently i have visited a local museum dedicated to our late kings and found a bottle of Jil Sander Man 1 on display in the museum, the rumors were true then..

[@TheRealBrook1968]

That is fascinating to know something so personal about a powerful person that you respect

[@992turbos]

Jil Sander for Men was my fragrance during my last year of high school. I garnered so many compliments on it. I remember I immediately bought it upon first sniff, and i felt like myself when i wore it. Very confident, which is one of those ways how you know its special... Always felt comfortable in it, whereas other fragrances at the time, even if i liked them, sometimes made me feel worried they would be off putting to at least someone? I don’t know.

[@fahadalraisi6649]

Thanks for this great video with my friend Juan HUELEMEMUCHO My hobby is collecting the best perfumes since my childhoodI and my favorite perfume is Creed Green Irish I bought in 1998.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

It’s great stuff, probably my favourite from the house

[@RichMitch]

Ambre sultan, cologne royale, Tommy, tobacco oud, green Irish tweed

[@MP-ej9pw]

Great video. Love hearing how you all got hooked. For me, from the late 70's to 90's all I really wore was Jovan Musk for Men. Then I worked in a scent free environment and did not begin to wear fragrances again until 2019. I started with Coach for Men. The one that broke the dam was Chanel Coromandel. As soon as I smelled that I had to have a bottle. Within a year I have more than 75 full bottles in my collection.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Coromandel was one I coveted for years. Would always smell it whenever I passed through an airport, and wondering if I’d ever spend that much on a fragrance

[@rizwanrahim2416]

Nice to see Juan with you guys....picks are indeed very much desired

[@HuelemeMucho]

Good to see you here too my friend. Un abrazo

[@joshanderson1331]

Great video guys! Would love to see your spring 2020 line up!

[@fahdfprime3314]

I'm waiting for it as well hah

[@sullyosullivan7091]

What a great video. Extremely interesting . The first fragrance I ever got was yves rocher aztek in the 90s that started my love of fragrance and like ye said 1000s of euros later I'm still as into fragrance as ever.

[@100thmonkey3]

I was waiting for Timbuktu, bought a sample because of you Dan, love it. Great video guys, I love the way a smell can transport you to a place and time like no other sense.,it can stop you in your tracks and your somewhere else. How lovely is Juan.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Absolutely, that’s the wonderful thing about it!

[@HuelemeMucho]

Thank you! Un abrazo

[@jaimeluis7434]

Excellent collaboration! I must add that Juan is my favorite spanish reviewer. My native tongue, too. Cheers to this video. Always lovely to hear what startes the journey and cheers to the collaboration with Juan. 👋 from Puerto Rico.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Thanks!

[@HuelemeMucho]

Thank you!

[@jaimeluis7434]

@@HuelemeMucho Fuerte abrazo, Juan

[@TheRealBrook1968]

The only class where I was the teacher's pet was in three years of drafting and woodworking. Many years later, I remember that the long departed Mr. Holso must have been wearing either Aramis or Givenchy Gentleman. I enjoy that combination of honey, patchouli and oakmoss.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Nice scent memory

[@seanyeo5514]

Oh my goodness, yes - thank you Juan for reminding me about Loewe Pour Homme! That beautiful leather-topped cap with the anagram, the gorgeous scent. I think this may have been the first perfume I had ever owned and I had forgotten about it until today.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

I really need to try it!

[@ryanagar7498]

I'd love to see a video getting to know you guys better. You're two interesting chaps. For me it was tom ford antracite. Polarizing fragrance but what made so curious was I went from being disgusted... To intrigued and eventually not being able to keep my nose away from my wrist. I'm still a little scared to buy a full bottle.

[@fragranceenthusiast5790]

I really enjoyed your presentation and the memories associated with your choices. Thank you.

[@HuelemeMucho]

Thank you! Un abrazo

[@TheyStillCallMeRicky]

Quorum In the 90's, everyone was on the Aqua di Gio bandwagon I was a smoker and being a Blackjack dealer, I needed to mask my 20 minute break - every hour / 4 smoke per break, habit. Quorum somehow allowed the odour from the smokes to be a part of the fragrance. It was just brilliant. Apparently, the current iteration of Quorum smells like someone Trebuchet'd a WET 14th century spice merchant INTO a tobacco field.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Haha! Excellent analogy!

[@bentleycreative]

I had to get 10ml of Timbuktu after hearing you talk about it again and again. THANK YOU! It really is fantastic.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Thanks, enjoy it!

[@firstbegin9123]

My husband would take a bath in Polo green! 14 sprays! So accurate; great memories!

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Ha! Not just me then!

[@carolynpurves4137]

Fantastic video guys 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@cyberbully3074]

0:04 you have mafe a little mistake

[@onlyme75]

I think they mafe that deliberately to see if we are paying attention.

[@usel11]

Polo and Envy are also on my list of 5, amazing ;-) The others were Grey Flannel by Geoffrey Beene and my father's Old Spice ;-) and Lolita Lempicka Au Masculin.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Nice!

[@chriscoon1406]

Great stories guys! My father wore an aftershave selection by Colton called 9 flags! He had all 9 bottles. They were of Florence flask design with silver caps. Each bottle had a different country like Japan, England, Sweden etc. Well, after school we were were sniffing away in his room. That set is quite expensive now. My first real fragrance after Skin Bracer was Salvador Dali Pour Homme 87 created by nose Thierry Wasser! This stuff was Goth and smelled like an electrical fire. Count Dracula type fragrance. I think it was an Oriental Fougere? Perfect for wearing a cape and carrying a sword stick! Lol Need to pull out my old bottle. Perfect for warding off the Coronavirus.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Ha, great fragrance stories!

[@mrpleasent6038]

Silver mountain water was my first proper scent

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Creed is gateway niche for a lot of people

[@sanjayshah4072]

You guys are wonderful. How about writing names of all parfum you discussed in description .

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

We put the names on screen, but I think if we put them in the description it would give the game away

[@1ce2berg]

In my early childhood I experienced my grandfather's Brute & Old spice and my father's Aramis & ck one. Then, when I was in middle school and high school I used to abuse Versace's blue jeans. Nostalgic! Then in uni I started using the original formulations of guerlain's lidge, ysl's la Nuit de L'Homme and Dior Homme intense. Finally I had my first niche experience with Frederic Malle's Portrait of a Lady and carnal flower. Ended up getting both after my first every niche purchases in Creed's Aventus and Silver Mountain Water lol.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Yes, I wore blue jeans at school as well. POAL is an intense first niche experience!

[@1ce2berg]

@@WaftsfromTheLoft lol it defitnely was, but it still blew me away!

[@SomeRandomBod]

Great video fellas. I'll go with Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, Aramis, Cool Water & Le Male. Honourable mention HAI KARATE! aged 7 I felt the height of sophistication.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Ha! I’ve never actually tried Hai Karate!

[@williamevans9426]

Do either of you recall 'Phileas' by Nina Ricci? That was my first fragrance in the mid '80s (sadly discontinued some time ago). One other point - do fragrances keep for a decent time without going stale? I tend to store mine in their original cartons in the 'fridge and they seem to last.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

I've never tried Phileas. Yes, as long as you keep fragrances away from heat and light that can survive. My 40 year old Mistouko smells amazing!

[@williamevans9426]

@@WaftsfromTheLoft Many thanks - I'll continue to store them all in the 'fridge!

[@steveb8269]

Dior Eau Sauvage late 1980's , Chanel antaeus late 1980's, Jpg le male original formulation , then Creed Aventus and GIT

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Awesome choices

[@2ScentsWorth]

Loved this 👏🏻👏🏻👍

[@HuelemeMucho]

Thank you! Un abrazo

[@TheBTEAMwins]

aramis, polo green, acqua di gio, and my dads old preferred stock

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Nice

[@aromafh2486]

Interesting video

[@Alansubocz]

Helmut Lang was my “gateway drug”. I still love it.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Nice

[@joshanderson1331]

Would love to see a video collaboration with your wife's. It would be interesting to see what their favs are.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

We just might!

[@odinmoreira355]

I have a question: What's the name of the cologne Juan had on display in the background on a black frame? Thanks a million. I enjoy you both very much.

[@markgallacher4217]

Thinking of getting the floris sounds great, what kind of performance do you get?

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Not bad for an EDT, about 6 hours. But I’d normally carry it with me to reapply

[@heavenscent3022]

My first Fragrance was Kouros then things like CKone, Tommy Hilfiger, cool waters, then I foud Robes08 channel and he introduced me to JPG le male, boss bottled, Prada amber pour homme and my first niche G.I.T

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Great journey!

[@rachelgrigg7189]

For me it was shalimar, givenchy vetyver, femme and arpège as a kid.😍

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Nice!

[@poobin1]

Gucci Envy 😀 great video

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Thanks!

[@JohmathanBSwift]

Howdy Hi Juan .

[@HuelemeMucho]

Hello my friend. Un abrazo

[@TheRealBrook1968]

Guerlain! Guerlain! Mouchoir de Monsieur, Habit Rouge and Mitsouko were my gateway scents.

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Awesome

[@PiggiHiggi]

Paco Rabane >Polo green >Tuscany > Gucci pour Homme 1 > CDG 2man >encre noire > Chanel sycamore >oud wood

[@WaftsfromTheLoft]

Nice, 2Man was a big ‘niche gateway’ for me as well

[@itsmeeeeeeeeeee]

Hey boys! I was able to tolerate the echo from the room you two are in. But someone else was so offended that he started setting random Churches on fire. I assume you want people to pay attention to the words you speak and it couldn't be impossible for you to find a decent room without Echo to shoot videos in.

[@docsportello5833]

yatagan!