Reacting to "10 Colognes Women Go Crazy For" By Monika Cioch | Cologne/Perfume Review 2024

[@SchoolOfScent]

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[@JoseTorres-zv1fb]

Omar I really wish you would review Nishane Papilefiko

[@AhmedMubarakZ]

EROS might seem unexciting to those with a trained nose in the perfume community, leading us to seek alternatives - and I’m one of them. However, we can’t ignore the fact that EROS consistently receives compliments and remains an excellent fragrance for its primary purpose: to smell good. We should distinguish between perfume experts and the reality that many fragrances we find dull are still highly appealing to the general public.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

I always thought eros was an exciting fragrance even to this day after trying thousands of perfumes eros is up there with the best. Takes me through a journey everytime and when I take a break from it then come back it's just as good as I remember. The dry down is magical and the opening not as great but I do like that minty fresh opening with the very smooth vanilla dry down. I haven't even really come across any vanilla scents like this since eros, something about that vanilla they use is so unique and definitely exciting to me because i've tried maybe 100 vanilla fragrances and a lot smell the same but eros actually is very different vanilla they use

[@GrowingDownUnder]

There is something called fragrance curse, the more perfume you smell the more you start to like bad fragrances. You acquire a taste for certain unappealing smells which to a complete newbie would smell gross. Oud, iris, alcohols, spices, leather, etc... these types of things. It's hard to trust "experts" on fragrances because in a way their taste in fragrance actually will be quite bad...if you wanna know what smells good never ask an expert always ask the people who know absolutely nothing about fragrances who smell every ingredient for the 1st time. Then you get the most genuine first impression reaction as most people in public would get too.

[@XerjoffGuy]

Day 99 of asking Omar to make a Xerjoff buying guide.

[@romelwatkins9002]

Undeniable

[@mluna6702]

Almost there!!!

[@steveb8269]

🥱

[@Youthuba]

I'll be there for the day 100

[@unclejay2012]

Day 💯 xerjoff guy.... Day 💯 😅

[@snubbii9276]

Monika has such a soothing voice, swear she could do bedtime stories. Also a top YT reviewer.

[@kingalias]

I stopped watching her content bc she can’t stop saying sexy. You could play a drinking game with how much she says sexy in her videos.

[@lukasprikryl3000]

"Absolutely! Perhaps the fact that she's not a native speaker makes her voice even more special."

[@ItsMinarmy]

She's an influencer and you just fell for her

[@isaiahhd5760]

Im like 80 percent sure that if Parfums de Marly did not give free bottles to influencers, they would not be nearly as popular as they are now

[@vlxxrd4866]

Influencers have very little influence on average consumers. PDM Layton is popular amongst the community, but Percival is substantially more popular amongst consumers. It sells way more than Layton. Also, every popular niche house gives bottles to reviewers. PDM, Xerjoff, Creed, etc. They all give bottles to influencers.

[@isaiahhd5760]

@vlxxrd4866 eh, I don't know about influencers having little influence on average consumers, I mean, the top 10 panty dropper lists have stellar views most of the time

[@jackdonith]

PdM is niche house with perhaps the most mass pleasing fragrances. Percival and Layton are like popular designer fragrances, done better and stronger. Whereas other niche houses invest in weird, expensive scents like oud etc or they go unisex which is a bit of a risk. I do think PdM fragrances are overpriced but scent-wise they are very very pleasing to the masses. Check street battles if you want, they do better than most niche brands.

[@VilleIvar]

@isaiahhd5760 you are correct. Check out a recent video from Redolessence called "PARFUMS DE MARLY: The Fastest Growing Niche Brand in the Perfume Industry! | BUT HOW?". Interview witjh PDMs marketing VP. The guy says it himself. That is not to say that their products are not good, because they are awesome. It is just smart marketing. But yeah, as a consumer it is good to be aware of this. I can´t stand someone like Demi Rawling because she is so obviously in bed with all these brands and whoever made a good deal with her this week is always "the sexiest ever let me tell you guys" and then does the fake turned on face. What I like and respect about Omar is that there is none of that in this channel. The moment Omar starts doing fake turned on faces I´m unsubscribing. :D

[@DavidB-py8nz]

@@vlxxrd4866 Average consumers don't buy PDM and wont spend hours watching reviews from fragrance influencers/reviewers. The people who buy niche look at reviews online before spending serious money on fragrances, you'd have to be very stupid not to. That's why these houses send out free bottles or pay these influencers in return for good reviews.

[@peaceduke1]

Hello Omar. I love your videos 😁 Thank you for your work

[@MrBaldypete1]

I work in a place where it's about 85% women..... That's pretty much the only place I go other than home now days but I'll comment on the ones I've got. 1) Dylan Blue... to be fair I wore this yesterday and I got two compliments. One was to prove a point (she told me I didn't smell manly enough the day before for wearing Jazz Club... she loves DB a lot. She's Italian so she likes Italian anything!) and one of them was from someone I'm very close to who said "I love most of the ones you wear but that's one of my favourites" 2) Versace Eros.... another one I get sniffed for. Same two chicks from the first example love it on me.... but I get more sniffs from other chicks as well. 3) BDC - Owned a bottle of the EDT years ago. Wasn't overly impressed with the performance to price and never really got much in the way of compliments either. I've since replaced it with Missoni Pour Homme and I get more bang for my buck ( ;) ) with that one. I'll stick with that over BDC to be perfectly honest! 4) SWY Intensely... Wore this last week and "very close" chick was like "I love that one, which is it.... Spicebomb? Oh, Armani! I love this one on you! Smells so good!" not to mention the other sniffs from a couple other chicks. 5) D&G The One.... It's the EDT.... I don't get much off of this one by way of compliments honestly. Smells damn amazing and a couple chicks say something nice once in a while if they get close enough but it doesn't blow minds. 6) Milestone.... That's what I've got. Never blew any minds with that one. Warm weather, cold weather. Meh. "Yeah, it's nice." is the best I ever got!

[@fbiofficer287]

He is going to release the guide on day 100 trust

[@leoshkro6090]

I bought Lowe 7 colbat because you dude and honestly I LOVE IT!!

[@JonnyBrackney502]

I’ve never gotten any compliments wearing Layton. I don’t get the hype. Someone told me I smelled like peach schnapps when I was wearing it, and a coworker told me I smelled like his grandparents house. Xerjoff Naxos is a better cooler weather option imo and gets me compliments every time.

[@All_True_Especially_The_Lies]

Nothing gave me unsolicited compliments from total strangers more than Dylan Blue. I own over 150 different fragrances, designer and otherwise artistic niche types.

[@GrowingDownUnder]

Truth, was always my biggest compliment getter too until I got YSL Myslf so luckily I have another fragrance I can rotate with dylan blue. But I also get compliments from initio musk therapy, kajal lamar, valentino born in roma edt, pdm percival and YSL Y edp..... although i've let some girls test a decant of Louis Vuitton pacific chill and all those other fragrances and the girls love pacific chill the most so it's going to be my next fragrance since I already know girls love pacific chill like more than everything else.

[@ARdave311]

I agree 100% there is just so.thing about it.

[@glowboyglow315]

I bought Dylan Blue this summer after years of watching reviews and i got a compliment the first day from a female friend. First i could almost not smell it and i was like...what is the hype about but now i understand what the female nose find attractive on a man. Fresh and a bit spicy is masculine to a woman. After watching many street battles Dylan Blue seem to be a winning concept and even beat Bleu De Chanel. Synthetic, generic, cheap. People can call it that they like but i´ll stick to it haha

[@gloriousforever3451]

female friend 🤦

[@glowboyglow315]

@@gloriousforever3451 Yes a female friend.

[@snubbii9276]

I think just being smart and clean with a nice big standard freshie automatically elevates you against the herd and places you in a desirable category. All part of the package. As mentioned many times - scent alone drops no knickers or boxers.

[@isaiahhd5760]

@@snubbii9276 couldn't agree more

[@GrowingDownUnder]

yeah the trick is to go for a shower gel fragrance so girls just think you smell like you got out the shower they won't even know you're wearing perfume they just pass it off as body wash or something like you just showered and there's something they're very attracted to about that. The clean soapy fragrances always work wonders...

[@StabbedMFpz]

You need to get a sample of rehab, its wonderful!

[@MrDavekek]

When she started talking about the seductive, james bond fragrance i was immediately thinking of oud wood. I think her list is weird but i respect it nontheless

[@JsBaciuBassist]

The two fragrances that had women really stop me because of how I smelled were Guerlain L’Homme Idéal Intense and MFK Grand Soir. Which turns out are two of my top fragrances.

[@thomasblock1164]

I found a bottle of Chic Man by Carolina Herrera. Great summer scent. It gets back to me that women, or at least young women, love it. Discontinued, of course, but the fragrance holds up over time, so dont be afraid, buy it if you get a chance. Very safe blind buy. Great performance, you wont smell it after an hour, but others will 6 hours later.

[@khalfani321]

My most complimented fragrance ever was the long discontinued Dior Homme Eau. Besides that I’ve gotten the most compliments for Acqua di Gio Absolu and Tom Ford Noir Extreme Parfum.

[@akeemwilkins2489]

PDM Percival and Xerjoff Accento have gotten me the best reactions from the ladies.

[@Rtichoque126]

Monika could read the phone book, and it would sound like a purring kitty!

[@Vlken_]

If I'm not mistaken... It's the original Bulgari Black that's discontinued not Bulgari Man in Black. Kinda confusing when trying to look into it.

[@tugracin8949]

ı think that it is mostly doesnt harm to take a second opinion from reviewers, ı agree but compliments should not be the key factor while making a fragrance purchase.

[@DekorSerb]

Dylan Blue best bang for the buck.

[@LE_NOMAD90]

Code Parfum is a winner. I'll be spamming it for the rest of the cooler months. Just recently got the new Code EDP. Smells amazing to me.

[@Faust_9]

Man women just adore of the smell of Code Parfum just use it

[@shannonvienneau]

My husband wears Dylan blue and it lasts 10ish hours on him

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

... ditto , äh I wear it ...

[@Kingfisher1215]

What does your boyfriend wear?

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

@Kingfisher1215 ... she talks about her HUSBAND, it's not your cup of tea anyway!

[@mattbrown4269]

I know I need The One EDP in my collection. Would SWY Absolutely or Intensely also be justified, or are they duplicative of The One?

[@vvortex2931]

They are different from the one, but imo very boring. I'd say don't commit to a bottle.

[@ogmango2457]

They are different, i have the new batch of intensely and it is amazing. I haven’t tried out Absolutely though

[@DushyantShrikhande]

0:53 yeah, that's all hyperbole in my book.

[@holybusiness9624]

I have the following: 1. Aqua Di Gio Parfum (2023); 2. D&G Light Blue Intense; 3. Bleu De Chanel Parfum; 4. PDM Percival; 5. Spice Bomb Extreme; 6. Afnan Supreme Not Only Intense; 7. Al Haramain L adventure intense; 8. Loewe Cobalt 7; 9. Mancera Cedrat Boise Intense; 10. Chanel Platinum Egoiste; 11. Gisada Ambassador Intense; 12. Hawas (OG freshie). How would you round off my collection?

[@SchoolOfScent]

A different style like Le Beau Le Parfum

[@esanof]

Rehab for me is absolutely sexy, but not in a seductive way. Makes me think hug, tenderness, shyness... For me more female than male

[@gladdy02]

Ahh, same old bottles. Im just here for thr Xejoff gut

[@그냥-t4x]

Please give us a review of the Eau Sauvage Original, Cologne, Perfume.

[@SchoolOfScent]

Already done in our Dior Buying Guide

[@johnjohn-pu3tq]

Bleu d Chanel edp has weak LONGEVITY and SILLAGE. 2 hours max (skin or clothes).

[@daztom4056]

Agreed, the newer batches perform terrible!

[@sjc-xc5id]

@@daztom4056 they gotta lay the groundwork for a new flanker by weakening their current offerings

[@lgeiger]

A very underwhelming list for perfume connaisseurs in my opinion. I feel like this list was made for inexperienced people trying to smell good to other inexperienced people, which are the majority of people. I own 3 of these 10 she recommended, so I think she gave solid advice. I was hoping to learn something and was a bit disappointed at first. I must say that some of these fragrances are very redundant though: - Dylan Blue vs. Bleu de Chanel - Eros vs. Le Male Elixir vs. Layton

[@Charlieboyfragrance]

Rehab is good but its expensive

[@PiNkYzDaBest]

Naxos, if your woman knows perfumes, she will always find Naxos as something she will at least try ;-)

[@thawkereynolds]

I’m sorry I think you’re nuts if you pay $400 plus for Creed Millisime Imperial when you can get Milestone from Armaf for $30. I’m all the clones. I really think this one is the closest to its original and I mean that for any high-end copied Cologne.

[@Stillcooln]

Les Sables Rose by LV made my GF go crazy

[@ICLupu]

Why is everyone talking about PDM Layton as a beast mode fragrance…😮is there only me thinking this is overrated.?

[@Mr.E.Fragrance]

Rehab smells like Spicebomb and Histoires de Parfums' 1899 Hemingway. For the price and still get the quality, I say pass on Rehab and go for 1899 instead.

[@vuk2247]

Amouage buying guide

[@CnSaliba]

The One Luminous night has a higher rating than the EDP and is much better

[@Katalin04]

Rehab from initio its an higher end Spicebomb the original

[@zeyadelsharkawi7664]

Day 6 of pretending to be Xerjoff guy Day 99 of asking for a xerjoff buying guide

[@mrxdu681]

It’s time to stop bro, your guru has given up !

[@XerjoffGuy]

@@mrxdu681 I wouldn't really say that.

[@PrinceSoof]

@@XerjoffGuy🕺🏽

[@rollinheres5086]

Test linari fragrances please like angelo di fiume

[@micz2212]

Andrew tate rating fragrances shits crazy

[@jimmymcwatters4182]

Although Monika has some good takes on some fragrances she's not the best at describing fragrances. One time she said Prada Black was minty and I was like "Prada Black does NOT have mint and where in the world did you get that from?" . . .she just hypes up the same fragrances over and over and they're ok but nothing new.

[@sergemann5951]

I think Sauvage is the best! ; )

[@TheOba89]

Yea I have Dylan Blue and it’s not as good as people say it is. I like the profile but damn it’s weak. Maybe it’ll get better the more it sits. But just like Omar, the one I tested in my skin was a stunner that reminded me of BDC. But the bottle I have is just meh.

[@elijah.espino]

"It's boring for the wearer" Eros hater be hating. Don't be putting your words in my mouth 😂. It's not cookie cutter at all wtf? Eros is actually a very unique scent profile. Literally been asked in public spaces about what I was wearing. It's actually garnered me the most stranger compliments vs my other scents that i usually get complimented by friends or family.

[@SirRivelion]

Right. I guess BdC and Stronger With You is "not boring" to him, lol. Eros has not even been cloned properly. Eros edp and Hawas just crush anything else I have/have tried, when it comes to positive reactions. Yes, there are people who like other things more (including me), but everyone (people age 12-60) loves these two. Honorable mention for Acqua di Gio Parfum, for being a boxer dropper 😝 and JPG Paradise Garden, but I've only got it recently.

[@CnSaliba]

Le male elixir is too childish and overly sweet. Le male le parfum is better

[@dukson867]

facts, elixir just smells like sugar to me...

[@ericmmelin]

Couldn’t agree more. Folks that love elixir didn’t spend anytime in the land of the real JPG masterpiece. Elixir is also soooo linear

[@LordOrderChaos]

Getting tired of those self proclaimed women experts in what men should wear. Focus on women's scents maybe, will you? Choice purely coincidental. Starting list with Versace Dylan blue which is as bland and standard as boring blue fragrance can go and you can imagine just says it all.

[@isaiahhd5760]

I really don't watch influencers like Monika or curlyfragrance cause of that, they hype up these niche fragrances that the brands themselves send them free bottles of, and because of that whenever someone recommends pdm talking about how much women love this fragrance or that fragrance I just roll my eyes cause it's like I'm watching an ad and not a review

[@santidbe400]

​@@isaiahhd5760 well PDM fragrances, not all but a lot of them do attract lots of people's attention

[@SirRivelion]

I mean, it WOULD be great to get their unbiased perspective on mens fragrances, to see if they even like what men-influencers hype to the stratosphere (while handing us their promo code 🤪), but most of them are sponsored, or try to maintain a positive relationship with the big brands for free bottles. I was also extremely disappointed after getting a sample of Dylan Blue. The hype is unreal. It's not bad, and the price is nice, but pretty boring overall.

[@davebee70]

Yeah, sorry but the “drive them wild” stuff she says is nonsense, you’re not driving anyone on mass wild, maybe someone close, sure. You as a person have to have something about you, fragrance alone ain’t dropping anyone’s panties😂 But that’s her thing, appealing to the cringe. All power to her, but it’s not my cuppa lol.

[@mehdibc5852]

Come on Omar stop reacting to non sense on the internet. We need your expert adivise on serious advanced parfumery. I'd love to hear you review on the Fall of Phaeton by Argos, which I am 💯 sure IS your cup of tea.

[@SchoolOfScent]

Wearing it today funny enough

[@mehdibc5852]

@@SchoolOfScent That's insane hahah

[@chicos2993]

Please report the Xjoff guy for spamming the comment section to KZbin. It's gotten ridiculous at this point. Also guys, please excuse my behaviour. Because it seems now I am doing the same spamming as him. However once he stops and we can actually discuss the video topic and/or fragrances in general, I will ofcourse stop this aswell.

[@thedanielagboola]

It's not that deep bro, get off the Internet

[@sergemann5951]

Do people tell you you're very reactive?!

[@Charlieboyfragrance]

Eeew versache

[@eggmaneggman9966]

Thinking to not rate somebody else’s list. I enjoy your own list but find it cheap to rate somebody else’s list.

[@Youthuba]

I have to say these reaction videos are lazy works.

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

EROS is kindergarten

[@John-ey58]

Boring, average list