This is NOT a Top Ten "Amber" Episode!

[@kevju876]

one of the most underrated channels out there. criminally underrated. treasure trove of knowledge and information

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks so much for the kind words... I like being criminally underrated 😊

[@kevju876]

@@RamseytheRam seriously would rather watch 1 hour of your long form content than some "fragrance reviewer" doing their 100th top 10 list, with their code discount link below.

[@RamseytheRam]

Lol I agree That's why I started the channel a few years back man

[@xtrivo2]

Thank you for restoring the list of perfumes in the video notes. Personally, I find I'm less likely to watch a video if there is no such list (what if I have to watch it all the way through just to find it's all stuff I'm already familiar with?) Also, I find that if I'm rewatching a video, the list helps me quickly get to the perfumes I'm particularly interested in. It just makes the experience much friendlier for us viewers. Anyway, great stuff as ever, and as ever, a pleasure to watch.

[@xtrivo2]

Not to mention, necessary to placate the almighty search algorithm! :)

[@RamseytheRam]

The pros outweigh the cons.. although there are cons 😊

[@RachelKNg]

Hi Ramsey! This subject is fantastic & I’m psyched to be watching! I have to pause quickly to tell you my Initio story. I’ve also intensely disliked every Initio bottle I’ve tried, UNTIL, I sampled Addictive Vibration (kind of a honey, apple blossom & orange blossom thing). I liked it! Found out the perfumer was Maurice Roucel! (This has happened to me an odd number of times; I dislike everything but the 1 frag I like turns out to be a Roucel). I had to admit that I’m a Roucel super fan. 😂🤣 Honestly, I don’t love Addictive Vibration, I like it. But it’s, in my limited experience, way better than everything else in that line.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for sharing! You really really love Maurice Roucel dont you?! 😂

[@RachelKNg]

@@RamseytheRam 😂🤣 Great list! My own “to sample” keeps getting longer! Have you sampled Les Indemodables Ambre Supreme? Or Parfum d’Empire Musc Tonkin? These 2 are great!

[@RamseytheRam]

@@RachelKNg i have a video on Ambre Supreme on my channel!

[@mikev880]

Great list. One of my favourite ambers is Elie Saab Essence No.3 Ambre...a fantastic Kurkdjian creation. Hard to find, but worth it.

[@RamseytheRam]

I tried his burberry amber heath i think it was called... it was meh 🤷‍♂️ Never tried anything from Elie Saab 👀

[@carlescharles]

Gorgeous ❤

[@BobbyDior]

whoa!...you have the big boy of the Gaultier 2. I like this cozy juice.

[@RamseytheRam]

Yes sir... hardly ever wear it tho... its just so sweet.. its like wearing cake 😄

[@angelgavilanes]

Really enjoyed the video! I couldn’t handle Musc Ravageur. Actually I am selling my bottle. But now I want to try Amber Sultan! Cheers Ramsey!

[@RamseytheRam]

Ohhhh Amber Sultan is the best Amber ever... get an Older bottle like the one I showed in the video...you will not regret it 🤝😊

[@aginacarlo]

I purchased Youth Dew after watching an episode of Wafts from The Loft in 2021. Yep, it's all in the base of oakmoss, patchouli, amber, vetiver, vanilla & musk, etc.

[@RamseytheRam]

Love youth dew 😊 One of the best oriental frags of all time 🙏

[@johnvuela1211]

Great video as always...thank you Ramsey! Pascal Morabito Or Black (1981 version) I have read is also very sought after by vintage hunters. Warm regards from a pre-monsoonic Saigon!

[@RamseytheRam]

Thank you John 🙏 I will put it on the to sniff list 🍻

[@johnvuela1211]

@@RamseytheRam you can check Varanis Ridari's Or Black's review on Basenotes 🐼

[@RamseytheRam]

Varanis ridari is a basenotes Legend😄

[@kkchome]

Nice list there. Ambre Sultan is at the top of my amber list, as well. I love that it is spicy and dry rather than sweet and goopy.

[@RamseytheRam]

Yes that is a great descriptor! Thanks so much for watching & commenting 🍻

[@carlescharles]

Last version reformulated it’s good?

[@baltimorebigman5999]

Always loved green flannel as well as a young teenager smelling it in the store

[@RamseytheRam]

Yea these older bottles of grey flannel are really stunning... that galbanum opening is like walking through a beautiful meadow and then the violet leaf hits... its amazing juice🍻

[@JohmathanBSwift]

Krazy Krizia. Quality on almost par with a Mona di Orio. Have a good number of Prada's. Glad you enjoy the house. Joint is awesome. Got to get another bottle. I have the Hescanas bottle. I wore it for almost a week after I got it. I put three sprays of Furyo on when I got it. Whoa. Lagerfeld Cologne and KL are excellent. So happy I got these. Thank you, Ramsey. I have M7 oud Absolue. I like it. 1,100% Yes. Ambre Sultan is the King of all in Amberland. It opened my eyes to the many different facets of what could be noticed inside the beauty of perfume. Awesome Not A Top 10.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thank you Eddie... so glad you like some of my recs! I am always worried about people buying on my advice as I have some pretty far off the beaten path taste😂

[@JohmathanBSwift]

@@RamseytheRam Well, your picks are such where it's not that they can't turnaround and sell it, and if they wait, make money from it. I've been happy with them all.

[@RamseytheRam]

So happy to hear that Eddie... I still have some first impressions to do on the decants you sent me... the weather is almost perfect for fougere royale 🙏

[@highoctanehome]

LOVE Music for a While! It’s my signature fragrance. Dress it up or down and wear it anytime.

[@RamseytheRam]

It's definitely an all year rounder Thanks for watching & commenting 🎼

[@JT-rx1eo]

My favorite amber frag so far would have to be MDCI Chypre Palatin. Of which I just ordered a big 'ol bottle. I even like the castoreum note in it, and you know I don't like animalics. But it's done so judiciously in Chypre Palatin and tamed by the brilliant amber. It's more of an amber scent than a true chypre.

[@RamseytheRam]

Yeah we agree there my friend.... its the best MDCI by far BUT there was no amber note listed in Parfumo so I couldnt include it 🥲

[@JT-rx1eo]

@@RamseytheRam Imo a better criteria would be to just include frags with an obvious prominent amber accord, regardless whether it has the note of "amber" explicitly listed. On Fragrantica Chypre Palatin has amber listed at the very top of the accord stack way out in front (meaning by far the most dominant accord), but in the notes it has benzoin, styrax, vanilla, tolu balsom, etc. All the notes that make up an amber accord. And Chypre Palatin is my second favorite MDCI frag. My favorite by a long shot is Invasion Barbare.

[@RamseytheRam]

@@JT-rx1eo yea i could see that... invasion barbare is good and glad to have a big 30 ml decant ... but for my money its chypre palatin all the way.... this goes back to the picking favorite perfumes is like picking a favorite color bit😄

[@groovycarter]

Great job ! You should try Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier’s Amber Precieux

[@RamseytheRam]

I have a decant! This fall / winter I will talk about it more 🙏🏽

[@johnvuela1211]

Didn't know there is labdanum in Spain. Greetings Ramsey! Mancera Cedrat Boisé...my worst purchase ever together with Pacific Rock Moss...both for me unbalanced, harsh and headache inducer...

[@RamseytheRam]

Agreed! Yuk 😂

[@flavasauce8945]

I struggle with amber dominant perfumes, probably because of the sweet stickiness. The only one in my collection that has prominent amber is probably Psychedelique and the amber is my least favorite part. I need to try lots on your list though so keeping an open mind.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thats the best way to approach perfume IMO! Sometimes I will buy a perfume even if I dont love it and just set it aside to wear before bed or something if I dont love it where I want to wear it all day and get to know a perfume that way... i have lots of stuff in mu collection I dont love because I want it for a reference or to study it 👨‍🏫

[@SPACEDOUT19]

have you tried side effect by initio? i honestly find it kinda cheap and cloying, it has a semi-plasticky feeling

[@RamseytheRam]

Side effect, oud for greatness, absolute aphrodisiac... i dont get on with any of them 🤮 The house is a big thumbs down for me... i have a sample of blessed baraka as well... maybe i will do a first impression 🤔 Symphonium style first impression here we come 😂

[@michaelnamikas8184]

I always appreciated the list in the description. I’m sorry you’ve decided to remove them. If someone is searching for thoughts on a specific perfume, particularly an obscure one, would your video still pop up following a search if the name of the perfume is not in the description?

[@RamseytheRam]

Thats a good point Michael... you threw me a curve ball there ... let me think about

[@michaelnamikas8184]

@@RamseytheRam I find it kind of hard to believe that your intended audience would be like, oh he’s not discussing this or that, after reading the list and then stop the video. If anything, you specialize in scents that there aren’t that many videos about. If your video comes up when people search shit like Ho Hang Club, there isn’t much competition. That said, I have no experience, so feel free to disregard.

[@RamseytheRam]

No its a good point...i didnt think about the algorithm ... i was thinking about people skipping to the list and not watching the video ... but i guess I just have to live with that 😒

[@michaelnamikas8184]

@@RamseytheRam you don’t care about views. “You were the chosen one!” 😆 Your viewers routinely watch hour-long videos and are into what you’re into. Just something to think about.

[@RamseytheRam]

Yes this is true I dont care about views but I also dont feel like someone is getting the real jist of the fragrances mentioned and rational just by looking at a list and leaving.... its only because someone left me a comment the other day saying I didnt watch the video but I looked in the description and why isnt this or that fragrance in there that I thought maybe Rich is right not to leave the descriptions 🤷‍♂️😊

[@LEgoiste]

Contradictory to some of my previous comments Amber is a favourite, up there with Leather, Incense and Muscs. As for Ciel de Gum yes I forgot about that, I pick up the rose which is gentle but teases, it's so we'll put together. Apart from that I find MFK's don't sit right with me. Glad you pointed out what you think should be recognised as amber as I too have struggled with classifications and had begun to doubt my nose. Thoroughly enjoyed this def a repeat viewing worthy, thanks for all your efforts. Oh I meant to say, with the new background in a short time you have a serious KZbinr setup. You even can scoot back to pick up a fragrance while seated, we've had to endure presenters with no pants on standing up to pick up a bottle from their display!😂 A definite positive in 2022!! As for the vintage obsession, that was a frequent wear for me, I preferred the Fluid Body Talc, as I was in a humid climate it worked better than the EDT. I bought one not long ago and it's as I remember, no ageing or degradation. It comes in the same bottles and volumes, just needs a shake before applying as it separates when still.

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂😂 👖 Thanks for watching & commenting as always Simon 🙏

[@LEgoiste]

@@RamseytheRam No thank you, forgot to mention Ambre Russe Parfum D'Empire amongst my current favourites with Amber Sultan which stunned me when I first smelled it and Ambre Nuit, gorgeous. As already mentioned Chypre Palatin too.

[@RamseytheRam]

Never smelled ambre rousse 👀 I need to get my nose on it as I hear about it all the time!

[@avddrawwithme7035]

Great video. Any idea where I can find older batches from Creed Aventus? 2017 and older. Some batches from 2019 are also okay. TIA

[@RamseytheRam]

Only thing to do is pay crazy ebay prices unfortunately .. or just give up on Aventus and find something else.. i would touch aventus pasy 2017 personally 🤷‍♂️

[@avddrawwithme7035]

I agree. How do you know which one are authentic on eBay?

[@RamseytheRam]

Oaafff thats a tough one... you dont really... you are playing Russian Roulett... buy from a seller that has been around for years or decades ... know what to look for on real vs fake bottles.. but either way its a risk even if you are a pro

[@avddrawwithme7035]

Thanks brother

[@Baz4]

Love Romeo Gigli and vintage Obsession 👌👌

[@RamseytheRam]

I need a vintage bottle of obsession for men! They are so hard to come by now a days 😬

[@Baz4]

@@RamseytheRam Setup an eBay search and save it - when someone lists one you’ll get notified. I’ve been waiting for a while for some of my searches but good things come to those who wait or aren’t afraid to pay a fortune 😂

[@RamseytheRam]

@@Baz4 thats the advantage of having a big collection... is I can pick my spots and be a little more selective 😊

[@Vinz1423]

Hi Ramsey. Your videos are great. Is there a website where we can obtain discontinued fragrances?

[@RamseytheRam]

There are three in Canada I have used regularly... the one who I just did the recent haul from is echante perfumes in canada. There are two other sites in Canada I would recommend checking out, maximum fragrances & le parfumier ... they all ship worldwide... happy hunting 😊

[@baltimorebigman5999]

I love Amber and Winter as well👍🏽

[@RamseytheRam]

Amber and winter just go hand in hand 🤝

[@andreawilson6887]

PS-WHY DOES FURYO HATE ME!?!?

[@RamseytheRam]

Why oh why??

[@joe-ju8id]

Hey Rams, do you know if having the 88.5% vol on the bottle would be enough to estimate that Grey Flannel is a Cochran's formula?

[@RamseytheRam]

Thats a great question.. I would Assume it means its an older formula... but I dont know if that makes it a cochran version or not... Al Manzano claims anything pre 1994 is amazing ... everything after is reformulated 🤷‍♂️

[@NikkoNight7]

It’s hard when the note is actually an accord, but also a sub genre of perfume haha

[@RamseytheRam]

Yes thats right! This one was tough....but I feel like I somewhat did it justice! 😊

[@perroli]

Dangerous video to watch when I'm trying to save money.

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂 Yes thats right... self control is a B when fragrance can arrive at your door with the click of a button 😂

[@andreawilson6887]

Dude it’s impossible 😂

[@andreawilson6887]

I miiiight be the only fraghead who dislikes POAL, crucify me if you wish. Give me Krazy Krizia EDP (or EDT) allllll day! I’d add Blackmusk Mad et Len (2016) and note that alll of my vintage Obsessions have turned also, which sucks ass as those mafaks weren’t cheap. Edit: vintage Knowing is a go to bedtime of mine, soooo insanely sexy. Being single is cool-you only need one kind of cigarettes, but sometimes it’s not 🙄😹🤷🏻‍♀️

[@RamseytheRam]

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[@TheMrZanshin]

Your Sport video isn’t working

[@RamseytheRam]

😳

[@RamseytheRam]

130 views in 4 hours... ur the 1st one to mention this... lemme look into it

[@TheMrZanshin]

@@RamseytheRam all your other videos are working fine but every time I try to watch that one it give an error code No Connection 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@ColeCortner]

Niice

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for watching & commenting Ninja 🙏

[@qaidikramuddin]

The correct way to pronounce it is the French way since ambegris is French and means grey amber. You're merely Anglicising it otherwise the correct way to pronounce it in English would be to say grey amber. Good videos nonetheless. Thank you.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for watching and commenting 😊

[@qaidikramuddin]

@@RamseytheRam It’s a pleasure. You’ve come with something different. And I enjoy the long videos. Also, your video on Roudnitska was fascinating. I don’t think there’s another channel that’s done that. It’s good to teach people about the history of perfumery by teaching them about the works of those perfumers.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thank you for that... it means a lot 🙏

[@qaidikramuddin]

@@RamseytheRam It’s a pleasure Ramsey.