WORST FRAGRANCE REFORMULATIONS | Great Smelling Men's Scents No Longer Smell Great

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

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[@jeffrosenblum5053]

Love this. Can't wait for your next video in this series.

[@cejII]

Sebastian, I know you do not care for clone houses. However,of these reformulations which would not mind if a clone company would restore to its previous glory?

[@regismonkton]

@@cejII That is a good question.

[@doublebarrel6227]

How about the original Herrera for men. Does not smell the same. Used to love that one. So disappointed

[@Mr_Busted]

Drakkar Noir. 200ml the worst !

[@magnifiscents6707]

You know what would be a very interesting video Sebastian ? Top 10 Fragrances that Still smell like they used to when they were 1st released

[@blankmandastankman]

Portrait of a Lady

[@juliettedemaso7588]

I actually feel heartbroken when frags are changed. It’s like watching a historic home get torn down to put up a plastic one. What happened to Chloe Narcisse for example is practically criminal. This is an important video; and corporate houses should take note. Niche houses are suddenly sweeping the mainstream crowds for a reason.

[@vivianhill621]

I’m feeling the same way. If something is great why change it Dior. Miss Dior Cherie has changed yet again. The 2021 version is okay but, not great. Now, if you find something that you like, you’re going to have to buy multiple bottles. Because, they’re either going to be discontinued or reformulated.

[@wasteofspace20]

Nice analogy

[@mustanggt5713]

Couldn't agree more.

[@effinyu9554]

Dior should be ashamed at what they have reduced Fahrenheit to. I wore it when it launched and it was sublime. It lasted. It smelled deep and rich. Now it smells so thin and lasts tops 2 hours and it's still 100.00 a bottle. The current Formulation should be at Ross for 19.00.

[@tihruytssgjjvsavcxtbvhj3429]

The 2020 release was reformulated again and smells much better. From about 2012 to 2019 it was weak af.

[@hckroess]

Try Axe Peace Aftershave instead! I'm serious, that's no joke. It smell just like Fahrenheit, but in a lighter version. The Axe Peace Showergel and bodyspray do the same job. But the Aftershave is a nice watered-down Fahrenheit twin.

[@effinyu9554]

@@tihruytssgjjvsavcxtbvhj3429 how can I know I'm buying the newer formula?

[@tihruytssgjjvsavcxtbvhj3429]

@@effinyu9554 most will be new. Just check lot code on a lot code check website

[@bryangarcia662]

Great video! Would love to see a follow-up video talking about what's available as an alternative to some of these reformulations (especially something more akin to vintage Antaeus). Cheers!

[@severalgecko]

Now that we know what to avoid, you should do a video of fragrances that have been reformulated but still smell great or maybe even better (if any exist).

[@johnsteed2]

The original version of Acqua di Giò brings back so many vivid memories from the late 1990s! Thanks for another great video.

[@iva5826]

Great video! 👏I can't judge men's fragrances, but the devastating reformulations that have affected women's fragrances are for me, for example, YSL Opium, Dior Dune, Kenzo Parfum d'Ete, Cerruti Image ...

[@rudyspective1870]

I agree, the reformulations on many of the (used to be) famous women's fragrances are criminal! I regret not buying YSL Opium when it was still in its original bottle. Even the new bottle design is crap! And most of the recent Dior incarnations was saddening.

[@malkiawagiza1327]

Paloma Picasso Minotaure. I bought it only because I remembered how somebody smelled wearing this. It was beautiful and itense so I bought myself a bottle a couple of years later. And....the charm was gone, it still smells beautiful but it's not so powerful any more. And yes, I did keep it on my shelf in dark place for good 5 years, the liquid probably got a bit darker but it doesn't mean that it's like the one I remember from my childhood. Oh, I've just noticed you mentioned it. So you see, it's not only my immagination. And yes, it was disappointing for me because I didn't know about reformulations when I finally got my dream bottle of Minotaure. All the best to you!

[@timoftiflaviu]

For me, Antaeus still smells great, and have survieved propertly from bad refomulations, period.

[@raulsaavedra709]

Excellent video idea! And definitely looking forward to the other one with those that still smell great.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Saturday! So please stay tuned!! :)

[@regismonkton]

@@ThePerfumeGuy Did you try Givenchy's "Xeryus" before you made that video? I've heard that it's still about as good as the vintage formulation. I've only tried the current formulation of it and I enjoy it-I even own a backup bottle of it.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

I wore Xeryus in the late 80s. Haven't smelled since then. I should repurchase! :)

[@regismonkton]

@@ThePerfumeGuy Was it made by perfumer Alberto Morillas? I still don't know what perfumer made it. Fragrance reviewer, Dan Naughton thinks highly of the current formulation of it, and you might too.

[@ScentsofStyle99]

Great idea for a video and excellent presentation. I often get sick of seeing the same things on YT but this was different...and great to watch.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

🙏🏼

[@MrDamburger]

One that really really saddens me is Tom Ford tobacco vanille, its still very lovely but not as sparkly and tobacco heavy, its mainly just smooth vanilla now but I will always remember that gorgeous sparkle it had

[@tihruytssgjjvsavcxtbvhj3429]

I never smelled vintage Antaeus, but I love the modern stuff and bought a bottle!

[@stephand.4437]

In my Opinion the actual Fahrenheit Edt is a very solid reformulation. I own the original Formulation and the modern one. Both great in their own way.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

I agree but it’s a very light reformulation!

[@swellcat66]

Honest critique? That's refreshing. Thanks for helping me save some money. Said, though, that some of us will never know what these classics smelled like.

[@MarkMarkMark678]

I just smelled Pollo green yesterday, and you hit the nail on the head. It starts off smelling really good but then it transforms into something I just could not like. Are used to love wings when I was a teenager I used to wear that all the time and even got a couple of compliments while wearing it. I recently bought a bottle for nostalgia sake and it was just an empty shell of what it used to be.

[@matthewmostyn5174]

Yeah i totally agree about Antaeus, I recently sampled it for the first time in about 30yrs and compared to my 30yr old original splash bottle, that still smells fantastic even after all this time, it smells nothing like the the original nor is it the 24hr beast that it once was. It has so little familiarity with the original it’s basically a completely different fragrance, it’s so sad, it’s not even close, they’ve destroyed a masterpiece. I’m not sure why they bothered to continue making it to be honest, it’s so disappointing 😭🤷‍♂️

[@sacnereob]

Ooh Roma Uomo, I had it in the 90’s….I remember, that back then, it was really sticky caramel sweet….too sweet actually. 😅

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Lol! It’s the complete opposite now water with little sugar in it!! 🥲🥲😀

[@fragitude]

I have found that I prefer modern scents for the most part and have learned I should buy decants first. I tried to be down with the classics and bought Guerlain Vetiver but it is my least favorite cologne in my collection. However I do have 4711 and like that so I'm slowly discovering what I like and what I don't care for. Vetiver is a note I have discovered I don't like being the main player in a cologne.

[@wasteofspace20]

Excellent idea and fine execution and research. Always have loved your channel from the very early early days

[@karl8190]

I really appreciate your reviews. Keep it up! Talking about diluted juice, I think the two Dunhill's for Men and Edition seem really watered down in their recent iteration (Stateside). Luckily I found 100 mls of the vintage "for Men" on the aftermarket for about 33 €. Currently I am waiting for it. Meanwhile I'm enjoying the current version of Sung Homme which I find to be great value.

[@jeremyhinze8837]

Excellent video idea 💡 🙏

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Many many thanks

[@michaelbullock8011]

Great video and I enjoyed it and have a blessed day

[@Fred-ck1gh]

Ralp Lauren Safari for men! I bought a year after it was launched, but then I bought a new bottle some years later and all the magic was gone, I had my old bottle left and compared it with the new that I bought, and boy did they fuck up the juice... It was impossible to ware, I didn't know about reformulations back then so I was 100% sure that it was something pretty f**king wrong with the juice, I could not returned it as I bought it on a airport tax-free shop, so it ended up in the trash can a year later!

[@JMigUK]

As consumers I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect that we receive what we purchase, so I think this industry should be regulated to stop reformulations from happening. These are commercial transactions involving hard earned money and I find the whole situation very misleading and inappropriate.

[@effinyu9554]

At the very least they should have to put on the box is legible type "this fragrance is a reformulation and may not smell the same as the original"

[@aNsWeRkEy02]

or price it much lower..so many companies reformulated & still charge like its still the og formulation..

[@jujuguy2323]

I’m glad I stopped buying all this watery junk. Something should be done about this. Asap

[@Scumcore]

Recently I got myself a 150ml bottle of D&G The One - Royal Night. It's a May 2021 batch and it smells totally different in contrast to the alluring oriental fragrance I'm used to. Nowhere near as powerful as it should be and as I remembered it. I think there's a lot of difference in D&G fragrances depending on where they're made. I should have known since they pretty much killed the OG D&G pour homme back in the day.

[@joeyswaney8497]

I would completely agree with your review of RL's Polo (Green). I had a mini splash just smelled great... got a 4 ounce spray and it's just not the same... I have had this fragrance off and on since the early 80's during my teen's... it's just different now...

[@donaldgenenavarro]

Another thing is that reformulations are still sold for a lot of money. I’m wondering if it’s best to just discontinue a fragrance than reformulation.

[@cryptogoose8817]

These are some classics that are today gutted : Halston Z-14, D&G pour homme, Dior Homme and DH Pardum, le Male, Habit rouge and Heritage, Kouros, - these are just a few that Ive spent tons of $$ trying to find vintage formulations: here are some more modern ones that are being gutted: Aventus, Bois du Portugal, Bentley intense, CH Prive, Gucci Oud Intense, Dior Fahrenheit, just to name a few, its disgusting how this industry getes away with this crap. I think ALL the YT influencers should on mass report any time a house reformulates and review the reformulation and actually influence ppl NOT to buy if the house does a crap job !!!

[@abzozo]

Hi, when was Gucci oud intense reformulated?

[@cryptogoose8817]

@@abzozo - not sure but it seems always right before I buy them. I bought mine about a year ago

[@RichMitch]

Great video 🙏

[@jujuguy2323]

Good video. The fragrance companies should listen to you

[@ОлегБелявский-ы9м]

I would add here Dior's Fahrenheit. The fragrance has been changed beyond recognition.

[@DeflatingAtheism]

These fragrances seem like they'd be perfect for expressing who I am- a sad shadow of my former '90s self!

[@rudyspective1870]

You're not the only one who feels that...

[@PerAllwin1963]

I still have a bottle of Antaeus from 1981. I’ve kept it in my cool dark basement all these years. It still smells great. Comparing it to my 2023 bottle of Antaeus, there is indeed a definite scent that differentiates it from the current version. My 1981 Antaeus has a pungent, animalic note that is almost “body-odorish”. The coriander and clary sage is prominent in the beginning. I think this is the difference. My 2023 Antaeus has the “basic” smell of the original, but it’s not as heavy or thick…the beeswaxy smell is lacking, but the castoreum is there. My 1981 Antaeus also seems to leave a longer prominent smell on my clothing. But the current version is versatile…it’s still Antaeus, but not as dark or “body-odorish”, if that makes sense. I still love Antaeus. To me, it’s an ultra-masculine men’s fragrance. It’s not unisex at all.

[@James75647]

Thank you for talking about Minotaure. I love it. I have a couple bottles of the vintage, they can still be bought inexpensively on eBay. It should say it was distributed by Cosmair on the box.

[@Seoul_Brough]

I have my original bottle of Wings from the 90s. It’s still awesome!

[@pocketsuperman7108]

I'owned the original Minotaur for years and years in the 90's. My wife loved it on me those days. Now it is so watered down and it has so short life...

[@seekthetruths22]

To me, the worst reformulation of all is Giorgio Beverly Hills Red For Men. Wow!! It used to be a gorgeous fragrance and now it literally smells like a chicken cage.

[@WondrousMindTrick]

LOL!

[@allenchristian6512]

Thank you Sebastian. I've been waiting for this video. Can you please do another discontinued fragrance video because I believe Prada Lhomme Intense is discontinued. Thanks

[@WondrousMindTrick]

They just reformulated Paco by Paco Rabanne (1995) and I'm just too sad to see a classic like that die. The dry-down of the new one is not at all the same at all and it was the dry-down that was special. I'm planning to buy 4 bottles of old stock to have as a reserve before it's too late.

[@kensears5099]

Your comment about the Roma Uomo being little more than a vaguely, sweetly scented water expresses perfectly what I got from Karl Lagerfeld's Bois de Vetiver!

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

What no?

[@kensears5099]

@@ThePerfumeGuy But I gave it to my friend's 15-year-old daughter and she loves it!

[@leftyrighty5777]

I should check out what the new Wings smells like and compare to my vintage. I have stored away 4 bottles of vintage Wings from 1995 I believe. Maybe 1996. Will they smell the same?

[@Denco12]

Flexing much?

[@seansimmons73]

I sometimes wear Antaeus reformulation. It's drydown smells good to me although I get what you're saying about the rough part of it

[@Bigshoots86]

I got acqua di gio when it first came out and WHEW this thing blew doors off, stick to one spray or any girls around you would think you were an over sprayer. It is a pitiful shell of itself now

[@mrmike616]

Great video as always Seb! I would add Armani Pour Homme and D&G Pour Homme. I am fortunate enough to have vintage bottles but the reformulations have sadly left them severely neutered.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

D&G Pour Homme for sure! Buying that soon. Can’t remember the Armani but I believe it!!!

[@sotiris6116]

My 2012 ADG got empty and went to try it again at the store. I was shocked!! It is a whole another fragrance now, no calone note, no aquaticness . Longevity 2 hours max on arm's hair!!

[@soldanovht]

Your right, they destroyed Antaeus.That was in my top ten of vintage colognes.Still got a half bottle left from the 80's A crying shame what they did to that master piece.

[@justaddlight]

YSL's L'homme was such an iconic scent for me. And as crazy as it sounds, I swear there was a product in Europe around 1999 that had a very similar olfactive profile. Some kind of bathroom or cosmetic product... Anyway, it always reminds me of a french woman for some reason. 😄 Maybe that's why I love it so much. Sucks about ADG and CK One. I totally agree. The differences are blatently obvious to me. Ditto with CK Be.

[@billytanner1693]

I bought a bottle of CK One tester for USD12! Box said made in Spain and Check Fresh showed production in 2011. Compared with the 2019 bottle I bought it smells damn good. Performance is easily 8 hours on my skin with 2 hours of pretty strong projection.

[@slisyd]

My 2010 bottles of Acqua di gio and Le male are amazing fragrances. They last longer and the le male is a beast mode fragrance projection is huge and smells completely differrent from the current crap vision.

[@Doug5524]

I must agree with you on the Acqua di Gio I purchased a 200ML bottle expecting it to be the same as it was in 1998 but alas it was not to be, this watering down versions is happening to frequently I still have a bottle of Antaeus from 2001 and is still strong to me

[@joneasley5050]

Cool Water and Hugo Boss #1 are not what they used to be for me. But surprising Davidoff Zino is still intact for the most part.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Yes Zino Davidoff amazing stuff!

[@hckroess]

For the most part, yes. But sadly the modern opening is a little to harsh. It was much more subtle in the old version. But the performance is still great, especially consideing the ridiculous low price of Zino.

[@amk68sco]

Bought a bottle of antaeus over 20 years ago and still remember how potent it was. Through moving several times i lost it , barely used as well. Recently sampled it again to remind myself of it and boy oh boy what in gods name happened to it. Antaeus is a shadow of its former self and thats just a sad turn of events.

[@byakuganwing]

It's a shame fragrances get reformulated... Many get neutered, others are completely destroyed. It's inevitable, we know, but in some cases it reeks of pure money-grabbing... And just because it's a sore spot, it doesn't mean we shouldn't discuss it! Thanks, Sebastian, for getting into this topic! 👍

[@xxraverxxonxtacy]

For me current Davidoff CW is way off from the vintage formula and the only feeling I get from the classic CW minty blue vibes but not a clone is Azzaro Chrome Aqua.

[@MaxIQ77]

This is the channel I come to for fragrance humour & knowledge.

[@wasteofspace20]

He’s basically a professor of fragrances in my book.

[@golfbuddy1969]

I was born in September 1969 - 52 years old, and I like great fragrances from yesteryear, but also modern ones. My first year of college, I got my first signature scent - Fahrenheit, and also polo green. Those are still a part of my collection.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Ooh you were born exactly 1 year before me!! 😀

[@wasteofspace20]

I’m younger but love your generation, you all have a deeper understanding of struggle and compassion that isn’t based on social media posturing.

[@shave-a-thon3415]

Don't you find that the current version of Dior Eau Sauvage is much weaker? One guy on Fragrantica wrote that Dior should sell it by the liter because of the need for such frequent reapplication. I'd add Nautica Voyage and Azzaro Chrome to that list of weaker formulations. There were two recent formulations of Halston Z-14 I've smelled. One was at Marshall's and it was a cinnamon bomb. The version I bought online doesn't have that extremely pungent cinnamon note. There's one major reason that most of your list doesn't pack the same punch it used to, and it's because of one note in them that's now restricted - oakmoss.

[@jacobnoergaard]

Agree! You need to reapply like every 30 minutes, to have any smell at all.

[@shave-a-thon3415]

@@jacobnoergaard Do you mean Eau Sauvage? I named 4 different ones!

[@jacobnoergaard]

@@shave-a-thon3415 yes, sorry. That's the one I was thinking of.

[@shave-a-thon3415]

@@jacobnoergaard I wonder how the Eau Sauvage edp is. All YT reviewers, including Sebastian need to start mentioning batch codes and more importantly, the formula codes on the boxes of the selections they feature in their videos.

[@JT-rx1eo]

I have a recent bottle of Dior Eau Sauvage EDT and it has very good longevity.

[@scentlessscents699]

What a amazing video. I am 56 and remember these original formulas. If I was the perfumer I would be upset they can still use there names and be ok with this. Tell us it is reformulated. DIOR did this and respect that. There selling water and it pisses us off.

[@stephanthienel]

I'm pretty sad about Antaeus. I find the aromatics in the opening quite metallic and the drydown smells synthetic. Overall it has been weakened. The Silver Sprayer is smooth and powerful!

[@terrysmiles8599]

Really Sabastian they should band the word Reformulation when it comes to fragrance....Its a evil word..........Lol Very nice Today and always! I have the splash bottles the set with the deodorant......I love the splash Bottles.....I love Polo still to this day....

[@polofunk]

I'm trying to figure out why Armani discontinue Acqua Dio Profumo, for Acqua Dio Profundo, Profundo smells like cheap hair shampoo or some type of soap, it a summer scent only, Acqua Dio Profumo can be worn all year long, its their best seller besides the original.

[@patrickbateman4541]

It's not their best seller, absolu is. Profumo is not even in the too 40 sold fragrances on discounters. The original sells way more. Yeah profumo is popular in fragcom but not outside of it

[@regismonkton]

I'm almost 40 years old and I can like older and newer fragrances. I'm get very disappointed because a lot of the older fragrances are not any where near as special as they once were. I know from experience that "Acqua di Gio", "CK One", and "Drakkar Noir" are no where near as special as they used to be. I heard that even the newer fragrance, Nishane's "Hacivat" might even be less special than it once was. At least for the most part, I hate fragrance reformulations.

[@therealParisHilton]

As I sat watching your video and listening to you it hit me and please let me know what you think of what I am about to say, most of these perfumes were released years and years ago some of them decades ago and the most recent ones 10 years more or less, so as demands fall for these perfumes over time and they fall out of favor among consumers they perfume houses are stuck with 2 choices they either discontinue them or they water them down and reformulate them to a lesser expensive materials to cut the costs, as you mentioned many times before that raw materials/oils used in perfumery can be expensive, of course this is not the only reason why many houses reformulate their fragrances as you mentioned there is the updated regulations which forbid the use of certain materials as well, I think its mostly cost-effective strategy.

[@Mrfpsara]

I will never forget the moment that I smelled acqua di geo at Macy’s and bought it. Someone stole my memories.

[@jujuguy2323]

I remember in the eighties and nineties I would go to the club or disco and you could smell fragrances everywhere. And don’t forget in the eighties smoking was still allowed in most clubs. Nowadays there is no smoking allowed and. Can’t smell a single fragrance anywhere unless I am into someone’s face

[@robertwilson214]

Le male in 90s with its smooth vanilla was my favourite.Its been ruined now,no vanilla.

[@RamseytheRam]

With anteaus try and find a bottle where the atomizer is silver. Once they went to that black atomizer the reformulation happened with castoreum and oakmoss. I also have a polo green bottle when they called is cologne before going to edt when the distributor was warner before cosmair purchased the diatribution rights and my God. That fragrance is so rich and deep and intricate i just love vintage fragrances. Some of these fragrances houses today are a joke.

[@bravesirrobin1793]

That sucks that YSL L'homme is weak now, I never smelled the original but I did smell the new version, I think it smells good, was thinking about getting a bottle.

[@IrregularTangent]

Personally I know antaeus and minotaure ohh man they made it into a imagination of what that vintage formulation was..i had wtf look on my face when I bought minotaure just 3 years back compared to the vintage one. Anteus I just smh everytime I smell the new one lol

[@diogobotelho5141]

Old School Fahrenheit as well, there is so many that it's difficult to put it all in one video !

[@stuntmanjohnny]

Paris Hilton had a frag way back in the 2000's. I remember a bud had it on and it was actually pretty nice. It had a strong melon scent, from what I remember. Do you know who the perfumer was who designed that one?

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Paris Hilton and her Billion Dollar perfume empire! Never owned any of them! ;)

[@MisterNumber6]

Just Me for Men. It's like Acqua Di Gio, but better performing at half the price lol

[@MisterNumber6]

Perfumer was Jean-Louis Grauby

[@VamseeNunna]

Haha! CK One.. my first ever 'real' fragrance. Sad to know it's been watered down.

[@donaldgenenavarro]

I have good success with Wings and ISO-E super. It’s just weak. Still smells fine but of course not as good as it used to.

[@storkonstage]

The Antaeus is tmo not to bad. But it’s not as good, thick animalic daring like the og. But it’s rather nice. It smells fresher and is a barbershop kinda frag. The castorium was the “dirty” note. Together with the natural oakmoss it gave that real oomph. These ingredients are not allowed anymore. The new Antaeus brings back memories so I kinda like it nevertheless. And it’s my favorite perfume bottle design. A piece of art.

[@alextresor]

100% right 👍👏👏👏

[@ivanfairweather6049]

I recently bought a bottle of the Halston I-12 and was bitterly disappointed it is now just a fancy toilet spray. I can understand if things are modified for the rest of the world. Products sold in America do not have to comply with IFRA. Out of desperation I started going to estate sales and snapping up whatever is left behind by the dearly departed. I'm now a Ghoul.

[@kevinmitchell8650]

Thanks. A great public service.

[@Npatton42]

Does anyone know when YSL L’Homme was reformulated

[@saeedobaidsaeedbinyalwan]

Kouros Yves Saint Laurent 1981 vintage

[@dmitryzhelezko1800]

I can't compare old and modern versions of these frags, but I like Halston 1-12 very much and dislike Minotaure absolutely

[@campnou69]

Polo Green is reminding me of an ash tray. There is that in there.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

LOL!

[@shave-a-thon3415]

The last time I smelled the current formulation of Polo Green from a Macy's tester a few years ago, I almost needed to take Dramamine. It was nauseating. The opening had little in common with the Polo I remembered from the 1980's.

[@callmevil]

its like chasing the dragon sometimes.. the impact perfumes have when its first smelled cant be beat and subsequent occasions smelling the same perfume will gradually become weaker and weaker.. especially when our nose was not as experienced an haven’t been exposed to a lot more scents as it would be after some time.. so sometimes, a fragrance can seem to smell flat as our nose has become more tolerant of stronger and beastier scents, added by mental bias to expect it to be flat.. On that note however, Amouage totally butchered the performance of all their heavy hitters.. sad..

[@hypnotoads]

Totally agree regarding Amouage

[@famine92]

Damn, I first read in my heady that you said "I like chasing the dragon sometimes" 😳

[@callmevil]

@@famine92 😳

[@jasonbenford3427]

Thank You! 🙏🏾 Reformulation has been one of the mainreasons I haven't been able to justify buying some of the higher end designer fragrances.😒 (L'homme, A couple of Chanels, etc.) Fragrances that have received high regard by the lion's share of the community. ((👃🏾))🤗 I'm not wealthy.😝 $90 is my most expensive bottle. (I just purchased a 3.4 Prada L'homme tester from FragranceX)😁😁😁! I've not heard of the Prada house going through any eyebrow raising reformulations.😧/😡 I've heard that the blue colored cologne was a better facsimile.🤷🏽 (not Blue Electrique.) Pardon my ignorance!🙄🤣 Still a (👃🏾👶🏾)...🤦🏽

[@aromafromheaven]

Remarkable video

[@vitolazlo5767]

The thing is that, its apparent about Polo, I would never think of buying it again. I have no idea why or what are they thinking when they do the reforms.Maybe they just need to leave it out there. The original formulations are too expensive to make and most likely would not sell like they did. So why not just squeeze what ever is left of that name recognition. On the bright side there are so many fragrances to love and more and more. I mean its always gonna be something better.

[@billytanner1693]

I used at least 3 to 4 bottles of POLO backed in the late 80s to early 90s. Sadly I am now left with some 15ml which I treasure it so much for my nostalgic sniffing now and then.

[@SgtG3]

Halston 1-12 was the best. I remember this one sad 🥺 was on great frag.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

I agree!!

[@creatorbydefault]

Oh here we go, the best of the worst (some things ages well, here are the ones that didn't)... an absolute treat! Personally, I do like vintage scents but prefer contemporary fragrances due to availability.

[@YoTratoYTrato]

I honestly feel like these companies rip we the consumer off completely with these reforms. Most clones actually perform even better now

[@michaeldevose8923]

ADG was definitely better back in the day. It was more vibrant, more intense and definitely more pleasantly peachy and less lemony. Current version smells like lemon cleaner. Smells ok just meh.

[@martiangentian]

I think this is the same for fragrances across the board, I have abandoned perfumes and make my own blends of essential oils now. They are so bland and short lasting. Is it due to lab made fragrances? Surely we can be natural and sustainable. I would be interested on a review of natural and sustainable fragrances.

[@soulsirius]

vast majority of the reformulations are terrible since they start to use cheaper ingredients in reformulations, it's not just watering down issue. The natural essences' prices go up, they can't sell the product to same price anymore so they are obliged to either raise the price and keep the original formula or keep the price same and change the ingredients. To keep selling the original forces to raise the price, instead the companies choose to keep the prices same. in the end, customer pays the same money for a much lower quality. If for instance Chanel kept the original formula of Antaeus, they would need the sell it for a niche perfume price and that's nearly 4-5 fold of the original selling price. Maybe designers sometime in the future will release the original formulations in a private serie but as i said the price of a 100ml bottle won't be less than something like 300 euros..

[@zenluvsfun]

I prefer newer, just for the reason in this video-the classics are not the classics anymore, and cannot be replicated with current available ingredients while still being profitable/marketable. I think making the best fragrances with the best fragrance technology is best. Also-depending on the fragrance especially ones from 70s-2010s can smell dated or remind of specific ppl places memories, and that can be good, but I have found a lot of newer releases that can still hit those notes but don’t smell as dated.

[@wimdewilder4863]

pleasure from lauder estee and clinique happy for men were so so amazing in the early 2000's now they distroyed those amazing scents dont understand why????

[@jujuguy2323]

This is a real problem. Putting weak fragrances on the market and not informing the customers of anything. At least they should put some kind of notice on the box of any changes made. They are so sneaky. I can’t stand that. The customer buys a fragrance thinking that he or she is getting the same thing as the past when in fact they are getting a weaker watered down version of what they used to have. Not nice at all

[@NHRebelsthoughts]

I just bought Drakkar and it's very pleasant

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Drakkar didn't make this list because it still smells great!! :)

[@shave-a-thon3415]

@@ThePerfumeGuy Agreed. Way back when, everything came in splash bottles as well as atomizers. The splash bottles were a bit cheaper and you got more ml's, so my Paco, Chanel Pour Monsieur cologne concentree, Halston Catalyst, Obsession, Pierre Cardin Musk (where have you gone?) and Azzaro Pour Homme were all splash bottles. A splash on the chest, face and neck, and arm hair and I was good to go for the entire day or night.

[@regismonkton]

@@ThePerfumeGuy I disagree with that. The main aspect of Drakkar Noir was the large amount of oakmoss and it barely has that now. To say that Drakkar Noir is still great is misleading. I would probably have to layer the current formulation of Drakkar Noir with Rogue Perfumery's "Bon Monsieur" in order to get it to smell similar to what it used to smell like.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

Well removing the oakmoss is the issue with a lot of these fragrances. When I compare Drakkar Noir to Polo Green Drakkar Noir smells much better than Polo Green. I'm not saying it's like the best smelling fragrance but it still smells great to me! :)

[@regismonkton]

@@ThePerfumeGuy I understand what you mean. How Drakkar Noir used to be like is still one of my favorite fragrances, and I believe that you think that highly of it yourself. I was wearing it almost everyday, and well into the 1990s.

[@gianicapeto2986]

You are so so so beautful Man😍!!!!

[@tipsy9947]

Givenchy Gentleman's reformulation in 2017 still just shocks me.

[@adrianr4095]

Its a different scent all together. The vintage edt is now labeled originale.

[@manlyscents]

Excellent video, Sebastian!

[@raulsaavedra709]

One I can't stand right now is Dunhill for Men. Not sure if it's because of reformulations, or if it smelled like that in the past (or if my bottle might be spoiled even.) To me it smells just like a cheap hairspray.

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

EEK. I actually featured it in my video on Saturday! It's certainly very classic! :)

[@raulsaavedra709]

@@ThePerfumeGuy Wow wouldn't have expected that. It brings to mind Jovan Musk, but even less pleasant than that, which is a lot to say for my nose :D

[@ThePerfumeGuy]

I'm surprised you don't like it but then again all noses are different and tastes are different as well!

[@raulsaavedra709]

@@ThePerfumeGuy Yes of course. Looking forward to your description of it. I actually have smelled a recent Polo Green and it does not bother me, but I never knew the original version, so can't say it's reformulated. If Dunhill for Men has not been reformulated, and my bottle is not spoiled, then yes honestly I do not like it one bit so far.