My Favorite Pick-Ups of 2022!

[@nathansmith-nd9nq]

I think your channel is well thought out and it is also enjoyable to watch . much appreciated Ramsey and yes we are all lovers of good fragrance and no loosers .

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks Nathan! Actually most of what I do is on a whim... very little planning involved and i think of my video ideas either same day or maybe day before if I wear a perfume as my SOTD & then do an early impression video on it 🙏🙏🙏

[@johannahhuttenstone]

Very well organized, and each video feels well-planned, and like you said. It’s so easy to watch a video for hours with this style.

[@omarion2k]

Got a free 7.5ml of Diagilev yesterday with my Enigma and it's insane, have to get a full bottle.😳

[@RamseytheRam]

Ahhhh so happy to hear that my friend... i think Diaghilev is the best fragrance in the whole Roja line & one of if not my favorite Chypre to wear personally 🤌🤌🤌

[@blackgold696]

😩Aww man I'm still waiting on La Douleur Exquise.. Really hope it arrives by the end of the year Regardless, happy festivities! I hope you have an amazing rest of the year Ramsey 🥳

[@RamseytheRam]

I hope you do too Sam & I really hope you love La Douleur Exquise as much as I do ... even though it is Eugen's fragrance I really feel like La Douleur Exquise is mine.. like it was made for me... release of the year as far as I am concerned 🥳

[@Grautonparfums]

Noir Anthracite is interesting in a way, because it uses an absolute overdose of Pyralone (which is the finest quality of Butyl Quinoline Secondary from Givaudan). I think its around 5% of the complete formula, which is bonkers considering that a typical dosage of say IBQ is around 0.05 - 0.2%. Then there is also an overdose of Cedarwood (Virginia) at around 15% and rougly 13% are Patchouli. Its a really creative and well composed formula and a shame it bombed with its sales.

[@RamseytheRam]

Amazing information... i think its a fantastic fragrance for fragrance lovers 🤌🤌🤌

[@johannahhuttenstone]

It wasn’t mass appealing, so they got rid of it. Because they care about the money from mass appeal. And didn’t want to “carry” something that would greatly please a (relative) few, seasoned opened up kind of people. Likely carrying it would cost them more than they wanted to make off of it.

[@johannahhuttenstone]

Along with all the rest, It’s also a leather scent.

[@RamseytheRam]

@@johannahhuttenstone yes one of the best uses of Sichuan Pepper I have ever smelled too... Noir Anthracite & Amouage Journey Man are my two favs for that note in the opening

[@RichMitch]

I'm looking forward to doing this video also. 22 was year of the Ram 🐏 🐏🦆

[@RamseytheRam]

Year of the Ram Duck 🐏🦆 Cant wait to see your top pick ups of 2022 my friend 🤌🤌🤌🤌

[@vladradu9966]

Congratulations for the great findings. I also want to buy Peau D'Espagne if I can get it for a good price.

[@RamseytheRam]

Its unreal... one of the best leathers I have ever smelled 🤌🤌🤌

[@NwordSizurpHandz]

Just got a mini of MCM Success. I love this stuff. Thanks for the rec.

[@RamseytheRam]

So happy to hear it Brad... it is full bottle worthy FOR SURE 🐏🤖

[@NwordSizurpHandz]

Got one on the way.😁 Have you tried Hascish home?

[@ugurtaskn6837]

My best pick ups of the year is; Nishane fan your flames Rochas femme Guerlain habit rouge Ysl kouros Hermes bel ami vetiver (which was an absoulete steal) Ajmal Purely Orient Tonka, it has a wonderfull real oud in it and i think you might like it Unique'e Luxury Crush On Me, its a high quality caramel patchouli bomb, people say its too sweet but i disagree Ajmal Amber Santal, it is a beautiful spicy peppery non sweet amber very masculine very gentleman Anyway this is good side of the many purchases. Cheers Ramsey 🖐️🖐️

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for sharing Uğar & glad you were here with us for 2022 🥳

[@johannahhuttenstone]

Bowling Green, I fell in love from the magazine test strip in the 80’s and 90’s. I now have the cologne mini bottle, cute. But I think the citrus has gone out on mine. Then I realized they re-released it and discontinued it recently, so quickly ordered Amazon’s last bottle. It arrives Tuesday.😊

[@RamseytheRam]

There is a difference between the Eau de Cologne & EDT of bowling Green from what I hear if you like the scent but want to experience the vintage hunt down a bottle of the Eau de Cologne 🤌🤌🤌

[@johnreasinger791]

RE: Pierre Cardin Centaures "In 1991, Pierre Cardin created his first fragrance, named after centaurs: Centaure. In 1996, a collection of five leather perfumes was formed around it, with stoppers resembling chess horses. Centaure was supplied with a white stopper and became known as Cuir Blanc, and its pals were known as blue Cuir Casaque, orange Cuir Ambre, red Cuir Etalon, and green Cuir Fougere. Two years later, two more were added to the herd of centaurs: black Cuir Diamant Noir and gold Cuir Tete d’Or. Thus, Pierre Cardin finished the leather perfume theme, creating his own "stable." (That is according to Sergey's article on Fragrantica) Which is bizarre since I just read that article the other day and then you get this! I know it's in a time delay but still... smell swell & be well! xox

[@RamseytheRam]

Those centaurs fragrances are some of the most under rated perfumery in the designer game I have ever come across... they are so good and eight right up my ally 💪🐏

[@ninechurches2502]

Hey man. Glad that you’re making a speedy recovery finally. I got a few fragrances coming on the way based on your recs :P got bal a Versailles EDC, opium secret de parfum which I can’t imagine it would be riches and bigger than opium edt I had to get a bottle, teatro alla Scala edt, and some finally pulled the trigger on Leonard pour homme! Very excited to smell and experience them soon enough!

[@RamseytheRam]

Congrats those are some of my absolute favorites 9 ⛪️ Except I have never smelled the EDC of Bal a Versailles but rather the pure parfum... i heard it is still good but a bit different 🤔

[@ninechurches2502]

@@RamseytheRam thank you sir! Well it’s the only listing that I found for very cheap so I figured mind as well get an idea of the scent you know. All the other vintages were going for big money. Hopefully it will suffice :)

[@RamseytheRam]

I am sure its amazing still... do let me know what you make of it 🙏🙏

[@JONATHAN-db2ry]

Great pick ups Ramsey. Great overview. Enjoy the holidays my friend. Can't wait to see what the new year holds. You've been an inspiration this past year. Can't wait to see what rarities we uncover next year. Cheers ✌🏻🙏

[@RamseytheRam]

A new year of un-earthing rare & vintage gems 💎 Cheers Jonathan & have a very Merry Christmas & Happy and safe New Year my friend 🥳

[@mikev880]

Great pick ups. Need to revisit Noir Anthracite...first few times I tried it I thought it smelled like potting soil.

[@RamseytheRam]

It does have an earthy bit to it... but its really good 😁

[@june1319]

Also, this’s the year when I’ve stopped buying “accidental, unnecessary” scents. Now I’m hunting and buying only: 1. Something I’ve tried before and I know I want it (ex, MFK Lumière Noire); 2. Discounted/old/classic/might go out of market scents but still reasonably priced (ex., Chong’s Amouages, old designers’, new releases of vintages (too scary to buy actual vintages). No new releases for me - don’t care even to give them a sniff in a store. Oh, forgot about the niche which actually does it for me: ex., Francesca Bianchi, and I must smell (and prob get) Papillon Perfumery.

[@RamseytheRam]

Great plan there June! Glad you have been here with us for part of 2022...cant wait to see what 2023 brings 🥳

[@justaddlight]

Yeah that cruise ship graphic on the Patou bottle reminds me of a travel company from the 70s. 😄 Never underestimate those old shitty looking bottles! An awesome wrap-up to the year Ramsey. Very useful info here. Can't wait to see what you pick up over the 25-1 holiday. I'll be wearing Jubi on the 1st as is tradition, but methinks this January could be a haul month for me. I usually have most of my pickups in the first 2 months of the year when clearances abound and prices begin to wane after the December blitz. Will inner-Santa be generous to me this year? Let me check the 🎱.....All signs point to yes.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for being here with us Doni in 22.... here is to a prosperous & healthy 23' 🥳🍻

[@justaddlight]

@@RamseytheRam Ditto 🙏🙇‍♂ The world is opening up to new possibilities. We always have the power to change it for the better. Thank you for doing so! Sotd, Cabochard edt!

[@philbrown9866]

Only just found your channel, really like your content and knowledge thanks 🙏

[@RamseytheRam]

Welcome to the channel Phil! Glad to be found 🙏

[@Baz4]

Nice pick-ups! I love Ungaro Pour L'Homme, Cacharel Nemo, Giorgio for Men V.I.P. Special Reserve, Bijan Man, & Pascal Morabito OR Black.

[@RamseytheRam]

Definately some of the best of the year... that Vintage Or Black is soooooo under rated 🤌🤌🤌

[@Baz4]

@@RamseytheRam I have a 5 ml mini of the Vintage OR black and a full bottle of current/modern OR Black and I have to say the newer stuff smells pretty close to the vintage IMHO.

[@dusanninic5372]

My favourite pick - ups from 2022. : 15. Frederic Malle - Promise 14. Les Bains Guerbois - 1986 Eclectique 13. Comme des Garçons - Avignon 12. Penhaligon's - Ostara 11. Penhaligon's - Vaara 10. Tauer - Sundowner 9. L'artisan - Noir Exquise (vintage) 8. L'artisan - Seville a L' Aube (vintage) 7. Rochas - Femme, pdt (thank you Ramsey) 6. YSL - Kouros, vintage (thank you Ramsey) 5. Hugo Boss - Number One, vintage (thank you Ramsey) 4. Guerlain - Mitsouko (2013. batch) 3. Hermes - Bel Ami, shaker bottle (thank you again Ramsey) 2. Roja - Diaghilev 1. Amouage - Jubilation xxv (non magnetic-cap bottle) !!! Above all this fragrances, my best discovery of this year is your chanel. I'm still waiting for L'artisan - Mon Numero 9 (vintage), and The Vagabond Prince - Bass Solo, I ordered both of them and the year is still not over, but even without them, I can say that this was a very smelly year for me. I hope that 2023. will be also good and full of amazing fragrances. Thank you my friend for everything you did this year. In this world of smelly fantasies we can try to forget that shite war in Ukraine, hoping for peace and quality life for all the people on this little planet. Scent Of The Day : L'artisan - L' Eau D'Ambre extrême (vintage). Cheers mate.....

[@RamseytheRam]

One of the best things about fragrance is it offers an escape in to something beautiful from the shite world out there. Such a beautiful comment to read Dušan & so glad you are here with us my friend ... have a safe and happy new year 🥳🐏

[@gediminaskontrimas7992]

All decent people must not forget Ukraine, but help Ukrainians to win. Instead of wasting money pointlessly, let's help Ukraine!🇺🇦✌

[@kingkong14166]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🐏 Anyway have you tried ajmal one, ajmal two and ajmal mukhallat shams? They are in my wishlist for 2023. 😊

[@RamseytheRam]

Yes Mukhallat Al Shams I picked up this year I almost included it in the video but the video was so long already 😆 Its a very good oud & amber with funk... neher smelled Ajmal one or two though 🤔

[@kingkong14166]

If 🐏 have Mukhallat Shams 🦍 must have Mukhallat Shams! 💪🏻

[@kingkong14166]

And Rams, what’s your take in Bortnikoff L’Heure Exquise? 🙏🏻

[@RamseytheRam]

Never smelled L'Heure Exquise.. but i should soon as Lee from Fragnanimous is sending me samples of all the Bortnikoffs I have never smelled 😊 Very kind of him🤌🤌🤌

[@june1319]

Ram!! How do I go about finding pre-EL bottles of FM?🧐

[@RamseytheRam]

You can either tell by the cap (if its matte black instead of glossy) or you can tell by the writing on the back of the bottle... if it says EDP France Holdings its an estee lauder bottle 😊

[@june1319]

@@RamseytheRam thank you! Now where do I buy those?😬

[@johannahhuttenstone]

My first Tom Ford was Anthracite. I was impressed and bought backups. I first wanted to try it because The Perfume Guy said ppl in his comments section or elsewhere were saying awful stuff like that it smelled like something/one died. I want to use frags for trauma therapy with people, so had to try. Was immediately impressed, and no, it doesn’t.

[@RamseytheRam]

It is one of the best from the brand for sure.... sad it got discontinued 🥺

[@jeantesc812]

I picked up 3 from les Indémodables this year, Cuir de Chine, Ambre Supreme, and Escale en Indonesie and I've been wearing the heck out of all of them.

[@RamseytheRam]

Cuir de chine is on my to sniff list 👃🏻 Thanks for watching & commenting Jean 🙏

[@phyllisiervello]

I absolutely love Frederic Malle’s Rose & Cuir, and you are right, not too many people talk about it. I have that same 50ml bottle but regret that I didn’t buy the 100ml bottle.

[@phyllisiervello]

I also love Tabac Tabu and Musc Tonkin.

[@phyllisiervello]

So many beautiful fragrances, so little time, which is so very true.

[@phyllisiervello]

Wonderful post Ramsey…I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks so much for adding to the conversation phyllis 😊🤌🤌🤌

[@amigobro1557]

Hey bro, have you done best incense fragrance yet?

[@RamseytheRam]

I have... if you search on my playlists there is a this is Not a top ten incense and also a Ranked incense episode

[@johannahhuttenstone]

Re: MFK’s Absolute Pour Le Soir, when I wrote to them in July, asking if they would ever re-release it, they said it would always be a part of their wardrobe and that they will re-release it every so often. I’m all about it! I have a sample of a version of it, but not the full Absolute Pour Le Soir. It’s a cologne or forte type of version. Also have the current Grand Soir. It’s fine.

[@RamseytheRam]

To my nose and where I am at Absolur pour le soir is much more interesting to wear than Grand Soir... I didnt know they planned to re-release it! I thought it was discontinued

[@johannahhuttenstone]

@@RamseytheRam it is discontinued. But they said they would release it again here and there. Maybe when they buy back their balls.

[@RamseytheRam]

@@johannahhuttenstone dont hold your breath... LVMH is all about the mullah $$$

[@johannahhuttenstone]

@@RamseytheRam they all seem to be. But FK the nose might get tired of their crap someday and use their money to buy back his house’s balls.

[@RamseytheRam]

LVMH wont sell it back to him though... it is an important feather in their we own everything cap..people think they are getting some thing small and personalized and unique when they MFK... not realizing its owned by the same Giant Squid who owns Guerlain & Dior & Givenchy & Acqua di Parma & loewe & kenzo & the list goes on... 😂😂😂

[@PhragrancePhil]

Ah the Geoffrey Beenes. My first fragrance purchased was Grey Flannel back in the 70s. Did Bowling Green not long after. Then Van Cleef and Arpels Pour Homme in a splash. I still have that gem. 💎

[@RamseytheRam]

That is a gem indeed! Actually all three of them both Geoffrey Beenes & the VC&A are 💎💎💎

[@PhragrancePhil]

And thanks for tipping the cap to 31 Rue Cambon. I have in both EDP and EDT. Slightly overlooked in the Exclusifs line I feel but in my top five of them if not top three. So unique and gorgeous.

[@RamseytheRam]

I am in love with that fragrance just waiting for spring to really rock it 🌱

[@PhragrancePhil]

@@RamseytheRam Nice to see you settling in with more of the Chanel line. Yes, spring time is nice for Rue Cambon and that's also when I break out Bel Respiro.

[@RamseytheRam]

Still havent smelled Bel Respiro 😅

[@davidhines5087]

sir Ramsey where can I get a decant of that Russian OUD please! Thank you

[@RamseytheRam]

Its a unicorn my friend ... one of those you put on the wish list and pray 🙏🦄

[@perrynelson777]

I enjoy the MFK ouds. I get a little ethyl matol or something in the regular oud and the regular silk oud. In the heat they are too sweet. The regular oud does kind of smell like a hospital though lol and the extrait does have a cola smell to it.

[@RamseytheRam]

I like them too! The EDP has really grown on me...i need to try the extrait one day

[@gmg7437]

Regarding the Myrrh in Antaeus, it’s a bit controversial. It’s listed on both Fragrantica and Parfumo, while Basenotes lists Myrtle instead. I wasn’t sure since I found a pic of a 80s tester clearly stating Myrtle as a note. Probably it’s a Fragrantica and Parfumo typo just like the frequent coconut/castoreum misunderstanding

[@gmg7437]

That said, I still smell the Myrrh in it. It could be suggestion, who knows 🤔

[@RamseytheRam]

I always thought I smelled Myrhh in Antaues... if you smell Antaeus sport with the Myrhh removed it seems pretty evident Antaues has Myrhh..but like you said the power of the mind is a strong thing..who knows for sure... but I vote yes to Myrrh in Antaeus ✅️

[@keeleye7225]

Food for thought: If a fragrance has been reformulated to death, is it essentially a discontinuation of sorts, even though new bottles are still technically made?

[@RamseytheRam]

It is good food for thought Keeley 🥘💭

[@sidogr9854]

amazing content

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks so much for watching & commenting 🙏

[@RockCity1111]

I recently picked up a few frags that are similar. Prada luna rossa sport and JPG Le male. I love the Prada

[@RamseytheRam]

Very nice...never smelled prada luna rossa sport 🤔 Thanks for watching 🍻

[@RockCity1111]

@@RamseytheRam it has a warm smell to it with a hint of vanilla and tonka and probably ambroxin. And a hint of the clean Prada smell.

[@nickn3512]

A fantastic review of your year. Thank you for this. Quick question. You’ve told us that you’re going to wear the p**s out of some bottles, but wear the sh*t out of some others. What’s the difference? Have a fabulous Christmas, Sir!

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂 That is a trade secret known only to my patreon subscribers 🎅

[@Tangentbordsblues]

im a shithead once in a while, but i love your channel

[@RamseytheRam]

💩💆‍♂️😂 Thanks for watching & commenting 🙏

[@drinkpokcome5416]

🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷❤

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks so watching & commenting my friend 🍻

[@drinkpokcome5416]

@@RamseytheRam ❤