Was 1 Million Golden Oud REALLY the best release of 2023?

[@justaddlight]

Wonderful review George. High praise indeed. Seems like they should've just called it 2 Million. ✨

[@ChadYu]

Paco Rabane 1 million 2 million ✨

[@nfltrrrqwsa7512]

they must have only sent one free bottle

[@RichardOliver]

​@@nfltrrrqwsa7512The big brands don't need to do that.

[@adamdestro123]

​@@nfltrrrqwsa7512he blind bought it.

[@Y54F]

You described this fragrance exactly the same way I thought of it, I couldn’t stop but pause the video and purchase it immediately, thank you for the detailed video!

[@deezel3527]

Totally agree! Purchased on your previous video and love it!

[@marcusskyfall]

Longevity please?

[@ndhaon91]

Hey that's me! And you're right, I do love the crap out of it!

[@premium3429]

Finally a video. I was going nuts from all the top ten lists and pantydroppers.

[@MoahGentle]

Sadly those make good views, blame yt

[@alanhansen8218]

i cannot thank you enough for highlighting this perfume. as an oud-enthusiast and a perfume collector, i wouldn't normally have given this fragrance a second thought - all things considered. your presentation convinced me to hunt-down a bottle and i could not be more pleased. it is just splendid! many, many thanks!

[@Dadddy408]

George bravo to your excellent excellent review. I had same exact reaction. I just finished spraying and absolutely love everything about this fragrance. I think it will be highly sought after once it gets discontinued.

[@marcusskyfall]

Got this today and it's wonderful.

[@dizzyupthefool5180]

Yes. Superb fragrance.

[@jasonsellers1632]

Yes it is! My favorite fragrance in my whole collection! This fragrance is gonna be a legend! You better get it while you can! Once everybody catches on to how great it is you will not be able to find it!

[@ryan.langston]

I’m 100% with you on this! I got this not long after it became available and I cannot believe more people are not talking about it.

[@HeartNDagger18]

Great review, really looks good.

[@spencersmustache2844]

Wappa extrait is gonna be fire

[@WhiteRangerTP]

Too bat it got reformulated even before it's release

[@MrMelonMan96]

How did this go so under the radar? I never heard of it in 2023

[@brandonl6626]

I had to blind buy and will be excited to smell it. I like George's other recommendations. I would very much enjoy hearing him describe Ambre des Abysses from Houbigant. I just received it and it's quite impressive.

[@MoahGentle]

I love the 1 Million line. Big fan andd happy owner of the original formulation, also Privé (rip) but haven’t sniffed the last few iterations of it.. You made me curious of this one! Great review

[@teakey]

I looked a couple days ago because you were talking about this on a previous video and hardly anybody is talking about this one as in nobody

[@WhiteRangerTP]

There are videos of this fragrance. Its just that the top fragrance reviewers are not talking about it. Why? Probably because its hard to get, so they rather put the spotlight on royal when it comes to 1 million

[@CoraRockerfeller]

Have a sample of this on it’s way. Sounds very good.

[@lauriweissman7172]

I blind bought this based on your review (and there really is no way to test it anywhere anyway). What a great release, I'm loving it, and I am not generally a fan of the 1 million line, I find most of them way too sweet and juvenile for me. But this one is absolutely great! I feel they should have made it a standalone release instead of a 'flanker' of 1 Million.

[@martysnarf]

@George- This one reminds me of ATH’s Violet Delirium a bit, albeit more synthetic and and less floral. Great fragrance for a designer!

[@peterwilliams6239]

Bought this based on your review, and while it's wonderful, it brought to mind Ameer Al Oudh by lattafa. I compared them, and Golden Oud barely edged it out in the dry down. Love yr reviews, man!

[@mmp_4477]

I really wish I could get my nose on this at a local high street dealership, never really dipped my toes into Oud but I am a big fan of the 1 Million line..

[@i_Lndr]

I love dark strong oud fragrances, started purchasing ouds when i worked in the Middle East 20years ago. Montale black oud being my number 1. I may need to cop this one. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌️

[@WhiteRangerTP]

Yeah, but do they love YOU?

[@i_Lndr]

@@WhiteRangerTP 💯

[@lorenzo5832]

Glad you get a tester with this one. Agree on the quality not on the smell. Very familiar smell if you have been to the middle east or even any high arab population area in any major city in Europe. If you like that go for it. Likeable? Not in my experience. I tested it and asked all my employees what they thought about it. It was 10 people and just one person liked it and two even made a face. I think this is just for the fragheads.

[@Randomboiiii]

Thank you so much

[@holidayeveryday3121]

Will be looking for this one

[@tomguglielmo9805]

I have 1MGO tied with 2015 1M EDT. Both are great, for me EDT 2015 has the best performance. 1M GO is special. Its wonderful. Like you said truly fantastic.

[@redoni9114]

autumn! type beat in the background

[@masterhand20]

Sounds like a fire release. I don’t know why I feel like I haven’t heard or seen anything about it until now

[@mofosho]

I grabbed a bottle as well and I love it! Speaking of oud, george, you should try to grab gucci intense oud. It’s just as good if not better! I recently picked it up right before golden oud.

[@christosnicolaides7707]

I get ever so slightly hints of amouage on this one, especially jubilation and black iris very slightly though it's a great fragrance

[@beaver6d9]

This sounds great

[@LawSuth]

Just picked up the Intense, would love to know your thoughts on a comparison.

[@teakey]

Shout out to teaKEY. Man, I’m here early 🎉🎉

[@masterhand20]

Newest fragrances I have purchased (by release date) were Sauvage Elixir/LNDL Bleu Electrique/Intense Cedrat Boise. Instead, I’ve been hunting down stuff that I want that’s hard to get in the USA like Dior Homme Parfum and Intense, as well as a backup bottle of Versace Oud Noir, and for Christmas I was gifted Bleu de Chanel EDP (humorously the first one I’ve ever actually owned). I’m waiting for MFK to release his first mainline male fragrance for Dior so that I can hop on the hype train and see what the community and reviewers say about it while knowing the truth myself. I fear his take over of Dior, but we will see.

[@nfltrrrqwsa7512]

7:20 sounds like two upstanding professional men with superior self-image and confidence. #bubblegumRules

[@ethimself5064]

Of topic: Does Davidoff still make the original Cool Water? And do you compare cheap vs original scents? Yep cheap is the word.

[@TheVolcano2334]

The more I wear it, the more it smells like PDM Carlisle to me. Without the strange sweetness that Carlisle has. This still has a sweetness. Just not somewhat off putting like Carlisle. I must say, this fragrance has grown on me significantly from the first spray.

[@Bredddi]

The one drawback on Carlisle for me is the alcohol off the top when you first spray it on. I often wear less than normal just to avoid that for the first 60 seconds.

[@MrMelonMan96]

I bought Bottled Elixir based off your recommendation. It’s the first fragrance I have bought in over two years, because I DO NOT need anymore. Don’t tempt me to buy another man cmon

[@321kevo]

One million parfum ❤

[@Bredddi]

DUDE I AM DYING HERE…. NEED ANOTHER VIDEO STAT.

[@dzekaj1998]

Hello Taste Athor al Alam Nazih Gold the same like One Million Golden oud Best Regards from Germany

[@realscentreview]

0:45 ''Elixir''

[@renatoc8377]

It's poppin here kn the streets of qatar

[@nfltrrrqwsa7512]

Most amazing Bro Renting in Mom's Basement scent. fantastic

[@TheFragranceApprentice]

What a comedian.

[@GizmoG2101]

Great Review, George. But I want a Fragrance that fills a Stadium. I want Football Players to smell me from across the Stadium.

[@edd5765]

Where did you buy it in the UK!?

[@WhiteRangerTP]

Wilson's pizza place was selling those

[@smallworld707]

Haram party I like it

[@Ironzee]

Brah you are funny af

[@TheFragranceDecantBoutique]

❤️‍🔥

[@willowwookie9614]

Better than my 80s signature scent paco rabanne pour homme?

[@Mi3940]

No way✌️💪😏

[@joesmellsgood]

Not Into the Wild?

[@AirBureau]

No. Best 2023 release was Christopher Sheldrake's Rauque for Roberto Greco. And the price Rabanne asks for synthetic lab juice is outrageous.

[@Opie-bi8re]

Imagine the last fragrance you ever review is golden oud. Going out sad.

[@diznutz5110]

If this is the best release of 2023, the fragrance market is doomed.

[@farangtravels3956]

Loving the AI ❤

[@MikeyColon]

Is this the edp or perfum?

[@WilliamMiller-nr5gb]

There's only one version of this flanker, to my knowledge. It says "parfum intense" (for whatever that's worth) on both the box and the bottle, and nothing else on either as to its concentration.

[@MikeyColon]

There's actually 2 versions - which is why I asked.

[@WilliamMiller-nr5gb]

@@MikeyColon That's interesting! I wonder why, and if they're actually any different.

[@YoleusBeats]

Would you say owing halfeti or Oud Malaki make it redundant?

[@WhiteRangerTP]

No. Its got the 1 million DNA that makes the difference

[@JohnSmith-jy9ux]

But where the hell can I buy it in EU?

[@thomashenryirvin]

Paco Rabanne's website.

[@MiamiSammy]

Better than fruit and fiber?? No way

[@flightgravity7483]

It pisses me off that there’s no 50ml bottle of this.

[@troubauk]

Everyone is adding oud these days

[@marklopez3459]

I was extremely disappointed to find that this exact profile has already been constructed in salvatore ferragamo's "oud". Exact same and don't give credit to Golden oud.

[@jove1155]

And 2022 Nishane Papilefiko is almost the same thing.

[@TheVolcano2334]

Why do some bottles have a green gem? They are the same right?

[@flightgravity7483]

1 Million Golden Oud has a green gem. 1 Million Royal has a red gem. They’re two different fragrances.

[@WhiteRangerTP]

​@@flightgravity7483its that red ranger green ranger shit

[@TheVolcano2334]

@@flightgravity7483I thought mine had a black gem but it’s actually green when exposed to light.

[@Bombast-A-Blasta]

Habit Rouge Prive was. This line always smells juvenile. Says a lot about the reviewer. Surprising.

[@sogsehzus]

Habit rouge privé?! Oh common

[@WhiteRangerTP]

You say it smells juvenile as if it was a fact. Thats your nose and your associations. Doesn't make it a fact, and surely not a reason to try and take away from the credibility this reviewer has in the community.

[@albertoalvarez1924]

Es buena pero no es Agua Brava de Puig, sorry

[@302JH]

I got lost at 2:31.. moving on

[@tom23245]

Paco Rabanne 1 Billion LOL

[@Zswag22]

This was absolutely trash for me personally. I literally had to go take a shower to get it off immediately

[@jp3622]

No

[@amk68sco]

Oud in fragrance...I think I'd rather stir shit into my cup of tea.

[@TheFragranceApprentice]

Don't be so dramatic. 😂

[@jdmb03]

Stick with Sauvage, it suits you.

[@amk68sco]

@jdmb03 aww bless look at your little comment how lovely ❤️

[@amk68sco]

@TheFragranceApprentice 😆 ...OK I'll concede this, as long as the note is 100 % and completely unsmellable to my nose for the duration of the fragrance life on my skin then...have at it I'm OK with that but yeah...not a fan so much 👍. BTW I do enjoy your content a lot.

[@khairulmuzzamirmatkassim4500]

Oud is the smell of wealth. Maybe your nose not at the wealthy vibe yet

[@paulhegarty8380]

Salesman

[@TheFragranceApprentice]

I'm not taking that sort of accusational tone with anybody let alone a Manchester United fan!

[@corporate.security]

Yeah... um who has leather rugs? Lol

[@kingv630]

Hell no i sent it back for a refund

[@corporate.security]

Lol

[@jaypohl9651]

I would suggest seeing your doctor, because your nose is broken

[@corporate.security]

@@jaypohl9651 lol

[@K4ZUY4MISHM4]

Bro accept responsibility for your risk - don’t blame the company and make them pay for your mistake. Test before you buy.

[@MysteryKmt]

Hell no.

[@WhiteRangerTP]

Hell yes. Its a YES. Do you understand me? You will say YES

[@gflev7]

no, gucci elixir is the best 2023 release...

[@papascent6877]

@thefragranceapprentice Great review! Made me pull the trigger.