The Fragrances That WOWED The Experts - 2024 Fragrance Awards

Hey friends, today I'm checking out the annual Fragrance Foundation Awards. Check them out and vote below and thanks for watching!
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[@YRUACNT]

You should do your own award show, voted on by your subscribers!

[@jimlittle5769]

Very nice idea!

[@denvenom4011]

Reasonable☝️💯

[@673AWSF]

Please no.

[@svengolly7150]

Yes

[@Bang4711]

Why make a whole video about the awards and then complain the entire time about the awards and who picked them??? Do better Ash.

[@qumarzaman351]

And thee Award for best fragrance KZbinr go’s toooooooooooo, Gent scents 🎉 🎈 👏🏻 😮

[@MatteBlack2024]

That foundation makes a LOT of scratch from submissions alone.

[@priqq1]

Pasha de Cartier noir absolu was my favorite release of last year, but yeah, normal people be like "why you wanna smell like a campfire?" 😂😂😂😂

[@user-ed6qm8jm8h]

Initio Side Effect is my most complimented of my 186 bottle collection so many ask what I am wearing but a cheaper clone will be welcome 🤗

[@MoahGentle]

Why spend on a cheap clone if you love that fragrance? And then it’s discontinued and people will make the surprised pikachu face asking why? You wanna listen to the real band not the next best thing or cover band.. support arts and artists.

[@Sup3riork1ng]

U actually count your frangrance bottle 😂

[@user-ed6qm8jm8h]

@@Sup3riork1ng Yes this morning I was so bored and wanted to know how much money I have spent, over $25,000 going to get my head examined next week 😂

[@user-ed6qm8jm8h]

@@MoahGentle then suggest to the influencers never to say how wonderful a clone is compared to the original. I would wear a clone that smells similar to original with similar performance because fragheads like you wouldn’t know the difference between Initio and a clone if it poked you in the eye.

[@g.d2450]

sell the bulk of them as the vast majority will only be sitting collecting dust, I've cut my collection down to 20 and made a lot of money back selling most off on eBay.... my future rules of purchasing is to only buy a new favourite from what i sample in-between purchases once one from my collection runs out, never waste money blind buying again based off reviews, never buying a clone house fragrance or from a house I've never heard of (goodness knows what is really in them) as always been ultimately disappointed in them this year I've bought invictus aqua 2016 (the re-release) , pdm perseus and mfk gentle fluidity silver (only the tidly 60ml bottle though ) and that's me done with buying this year

[@rogerowens7888]

Really enjoyed you breaking down your choices

[@rzr_9114]

you should collab with other fragrance youtubers and start a youtube award show for fragrances !!!

[@qumarzaman351]

Gucci Elixir & Babycat are my 🥇 award winners

[@111stevedave]

I used to be into fragrances in my teens.. then college messed with my finances quite a bit. I’m just now getting back into it. So much to try. Just got a bottle of ROJA Elysium cologne that I blind bought and I love it. Not just because of the price and I blind bought it! I have a tester of adventus and Elysium>Adventus IMO! Thanks for the content. Makes great background info during work.

[@chriscox1798]

Terra Nova was great and Im glad it got nominated, wish it would have won. That being said, why is West Loop not nominated. Absolute banger!

[@user-pg8ng5td1i]

Acqua di Gio Parfum is coming with 2024 version magnetic cap bottle. I heard its coming out soon in the US. I also heard it’s getting better performance

[@jimlittle5769]

Of the five Luxury nominess, I'd go Absolu Aventus as well. I love it and my wife really loves it on me. For the Prestige category, of those nominees, I'd also go Le Male Elixir. Got to say, the nominees were way better last year.

[@mornjager]

Love ur videos! Video idea: best discontinued fragrance

[@shmoopiebear]

I recently sampled Gucci Guilty Elixir at Sephora by overspraying. I am suitably impressed. Well over 24 hours longevity. Haha.

[@MatteBlack2024]

Did the Mind Games owner recuse fr packaging vote?

[@josh48776]

Special interest

[@ManchoManchev]

Lol so it all starts with the fees. One pays 1000 another 90000 but they both have equal chance to win? 🤣 Then of course CEOs on board of directors... Parody.

[@shmoopiebear]

Sounds like the Fragrance Foundation Awards is a self congratulatory organization to cheerlead itself. Haha.

[@raidada_]

Hey ash, I’d just like to ask a question if you have time to answer that would be appreciated. I only have 4 colognes and am looking to expand my collection. My current collection consists of Dior sauvage elixir, stronger with you intensely, Paco Rabanne invictus, and guerlain l’homme ideal EDP. At the moment my Paco Rabanne invictus is almost finished and I am looking for a new addition that is very versatile. What would you suggest?

[@letterkeys4440]

Get something fresh for the summer. I’m recommending profondo or missoni wave if you don’t wanna spend too much

[@Coasterdude02149]

Watching this made me think back to something I got a sample of a while back. Chris Collins' Harlem Nights. I really like the scent of that but not the price for such a simple fragrance. $175 for what essentially smells like 3 or 4 notes...can't justify that. Does anybody know of something that smells very similar to it?

[@michaelbullock8011]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@user-ed6qm8jm8h]

Nepotism is nepotism however it’s presented.

[@vipsoarer88]

Mindgames is the new hublot 😂!!

[@g.d2450]

Ryziger parfums: hold my beer

[@denvenom4011]

14:08 Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Madonna, Kylie Minogue. Uhhh.. Are we sure we don't give out MTV music AWARDS?😐🤔😅

[@rudygutierrez523]

Can you do a list of al haramain colognes

[@1manairband]

Always love your honest opinion.

[@luiscruz8455]

Legend has it that mind games wins everything in 2025

[@jchem]

Christian Provenzano's extrait collection should have won packaging, luxury, and prestige categories👀🤦

[@Scenty_Mental_Health]

Explorer Platinum ahead of Boss Bottled Elixir? What the actual???

[@muzim8931]

I guess no Executive from Hugo Boss is on the Fragrance Foundation Board.

[@Sup3riork1ng]

I need fragrance rehab

[@OlfactiveMan]

😮 👈🏾 that’s me yawning

[@naidamar1]

They give awards to whomever send the most money

[@wayne2150]

🥱

[@cameraman8329]

There's a yawn emoji for a reason

[@denvenom4011]

7:19 2 out of 2 correct answers by Ash☝️😁🎯. And someone may really believe that 2 out of 2 is just a coincidence🤥🔮🤭.

[@eiichirose]

Sick parasite eve tee!!!

[@raulsaavedra709]

Gucci Guilty Elixir should be regarded as among best realeses of last year, imho. However it ends up in this joke of an award, well, to put it in polite Yoda speech: a backside of a rodent I do not give ;)

[@ThePerfumeNerd]

I wonder what their definition of an indie fragrance is.

[@jingledubz3989]

🤘

[@jeremiebowles7658]

Wow! This is crazy. The fragrance game is as corrupt and as rigged as the political game. Here i thought my hobby had integrity...

[@thechazz8080]

Did you expect it to be clean when you need a membership for this stuff

[@christopherdunn3094]

Rigged??? lolololol Still believe the Earth is flat, huh? smh 🤡

[@squidikka]

@@christopherdunn3094 Lol, sweet summer child still thinks the world operates in perfect harmony. Eat your kale, chris.

[@xanthousKnight]

They just collected money and had a party. End result, the general consumer never heard of them, the hobbiests already know what they're buying. These award don't really mean anything, just something to talk about.

[@latinace1981]

@@squidikkalet me guess, ur a trumper? 😂

[@Jhnbgfvdcxsrzed]

Hiiii

[@bjoepliek1200]

wowwed

[@BrianK_70]

I tried to think of something clever to say here but yeah, I got nothing.

[@1manairband]

Smoking HOT is by far the better of the bunch.

[@moneyparhar]

I was awarded man of year. Im 4'5" and weight 250 pounds and take shower every solar eclipse plus i don't charge any membership.

[@jeremiahblackmonlee5776]

Great content honestly I think you could be on TV with your own show lol 😅

[@DVinstapics]

wow who would have thought that the "fragrance oscars" are also rigged. What has the world become? These picks, aside from a couple (Le Male Elixir, Absolu Aventus, even MYSLF) are just so random. It's like made by AI

[@gamalielcenteno4801]

👍👍👍👍

[@necroside0077]

This shows that the fragrance world outsite youtube is totally different. Unregulated and chaotic still

[@seansimmons73]

Mind games is the most uninteresting house in the world to me, though, to be fair, I hear that their bottles are really thick, so there's that

[@vinze_gonz_old_guy]

Pay up to win!? Sounds so legit! 🤨

[@qumarzaman351]

Is the a Lobby group for fragrance critics ? 😂

[@KondziX2137]

250 usd budget frag collection as next video???

[@renegadebrad7448]

I think guilty elixir deserves the win over the creed just because creed has gotten ridiculous with the price of that aventus flanker and even though i ain’t even tried the creed and love the original and aventus cologne they have priced me out for absolute and gucci has at least done something completely different from the guilty line with elixir it’s performance is fantastic and although it is higher price for designer it’s actually not too over the top and it is high quality and after years of lesser performing quite basic stuff in the guilty line it’s a solid niche quality elixir that really a little bit goes a long way so I think it’s worthy of the win

[@time4jesus]

They're playing Mind Games with us, people. These are not the fragrances you're looking for.

[@1manairband]

You hit the nail on the head…. Joke isn’t it.

[@stpfan0071]

Ysl myself most compliments

[@2160michael]

Gucci Guilty Elixir is amazing

[@1manairband]

Not a big Iris fan myself.

[@bigbehr__]

Dang it I was hoping to see Squidward Eau de Toilette in the category for fragrance's under 100 bucks, my day is ruined 😢.

[@kevinolshefski8310]

Gucci Guilty smells like the old bottle caps candy.

[@g.d2450]

a bit like all the film awards, where the awards are bought not won. everyone in the fragrance community should boycott all the companies that are complicit in this corruption and back scratching

[@Tripokaridos22]

Gucci Elixir will be a Masterpiece

[@1manairband]

Beast fragrance for sure.

[@TheJosephDon]

WE RIGGED IT LOL

[@rogergonzalez9295]

Lattafa Wins 😂😂😂

[@AlexWood66]

2024 is not even half way over tho

[@audiman7716]

Experts??? Haha

[@1manairband]

Something in Myslf that doesn’t rub me the right way.

[@g.d2450]

i think it's the most generic smelling thing I've put my nose on in quite a while but it is pleasant enough

[@GucciButNotGuilty]

Therapy may help

[@1manairband]

@@GucciButNotGuilty I love it

[@_Solaris]

Try the other hand 😉👍

[@MoahGentle]

Slight conflict of interest in every category. What a joke of an award.

[@muzim8931]

Definitely conflict of interest.

[@FRD-HDD]

I lost interest for this hobby. It's all about squeezing money out of us Get yourself a roadbike, a mountainbike, an aquarium of whatever, but get away from this flytrap.

[@ulknatmelknatu]

"Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f-k things up.” - Barry hussein obama

[@thattallassnikka]

just ignore what those “experts” said 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@HivaG77]

Equality Fragrance>>> gent cents

[@Shmeow.]

Shmeow

[@1manairband]

Absolu Aventus is a big let down since it doesn’t last AT ALL. For that price it better last two days off skin.

[@jimlittle5769]

Lasts quite a long time on me. Spray it at 5 am before I go to work, wife can still smell it on me when I get home at 3:30.

[@letterkeys4440]

Sprayed it on my tank top 2 days ago. Wore it to the gym yesterday and could smell it the entire time wondering if I was choking people out. Your probably just going nose blind

[@1manairband]

@@letterkeys4440 Nope, the original Aventus is just fine. I’d even go as far as saying that Aventus cologne outperforms Absolu.

[@1manairband]

@@jimlittle5769 Not worth the price. I’m glad it works for you guys.

[@letterkeys4440]

@@1manairband haha that’s subjective brother, I have all 3 as 10 ml samples currently and will give all 3 a go in the coming days. I’ll get back to you

[@phantomspaceman]

The fact that the Portals mutant faerie head was nominated as a presentation winner is all you need to know about the awards.

[@rickymemeti1826]

Dude all these new fragrances don’t have any WOW effect at all unfortunately

[@pezz2345]

The Acqua Di Gio Parfum fell flat on its face for me imho. Still can't stand up to the Profumo.

[@KSingh-fg7dn]

Yeah it's trash. No longevity whatsoever on me.

[@timyoung4039]

The guilty elixir is trash

[@devinmessbarger5757]

When you gonna send me a cologne

[@alexhernandez7623]

Those awards are a joke. Not to be taken seriously or in consideration. Your video is much more interesting and fun to watch.

[@Fragrancegentleman]

So let me get this…you are trashing the awards and the foundation, and at the same time you bring up every freaking time that YOUR frag reached the top 5? Cmon man

Wow, interesting to know that "the most important" award in fragrance is as much of a joke as similar awards in the music business. How people are still accepting all these obvious conflicts of interestis just sad

[@FRD-HDD]

Mind games is another Zaharoff :Made for YT audience money grab.

[@dleeslife9023]

This list was ok not my cup of tea

[@Mondegreen121]

Same old, same old, money talks and BS still walks.

[@DeeKay-yy7op]

Lousy awards...hated this video...sorry...

[@mohamedgamal3139]

I don't remember really the last time I watched you say something valuable, actually since that new setup and things went really bad, just same as Dallas. I believe both of you should stop making a new video every day and try to return to the neutral approach and take a lesson from the fall of Jeremy fragrance and stop the hype approach. Now, for me, Steven, from reddolessence and Omar for school of scent, are on the top

[@arthur._xp12yg]

womp womp show me a band rn n-

[@letterkeys4440]

Ahh yes Omar, the guy devoid of comedy who now features tik tok kids. That guy literally uploads daily

[@jimlittle5769]

@@letterkeys4440 And Steven is rather boring...really snooze-worthy.

[@romelwatkins9002]

Ross is the best for now

[@Wooooosaaaaaa]

So don't watch. You just added your comment and now mine to the algorithm 😂😂 normie