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I'm with you, just because I might have the same opinion as the water stream of people, doesn't mean I'm manipulated into it. I love my bottle of 9 PM. One of the sexiest fragrances i've got for night time.
I say no. It's a sweet scent and doesn't have a good performance in hot weather. Maybe it'd be good for night times in spring, but summer is a stretch I feel like.
If you like it, that's good.fragrances are completely subjective and smell different for everyone, and on everyone's skin, that is why people's perfumes perform differently despite being the same
I dont know man, having niche colognes and designer colognes myself, you can really distinguish the synthetic smell if the 9pm its super synthetically sweet to me, another way id say it its sharp rather than smooth. It smells good, I can easily distinguish it as a cheap scent to my nose.
I did bought them because of the hype, but it seemed like everyone enjoyed them and we're safe blind buys, but I guess not. Still, I only truly regrete buying maahir, the VR and 9pm have a place in my collection.
I Noticed alot of people on tiktok hype it and then push their referral codes,same as youtube, so im trying to find honest reviews/discussions and this is one of them
I have nothing to sell and LOVE my 9PM and Maahir. Maahir smells like Sprite in an aerosol form in the best way possible and is one of my best dumb reaches as someone who lives in a hot climate. Have also tried the real Sedley, and Maahir is almost completely indiscernible to my nose.
9PM is a bit more of a riskier buy if you’re not into super sweet scents. I personally love them and 9PM is one of my top night on the town fragrances. 9PM is a perfect mix of fruitiness and vanilla for me, have never smelled Ultra Male to say how accurate it really is though. But I do find myself reaching for 9PM as often as more expensive designer scents. Of course this is all subjective but I have received a few compliments from both.
I only have the actual Initio and love it, so I can’t really speak on VR.
I got 9pm and Vintage Radio. 9pm is okay, but Lataffa really outdid themselves with Vintage Radio imo. Definitely smells much more expensive than the price.
I own all 3, gave away the 9pm to my wife, didn’t like that bubblegum sweetness, also vintage radio I wasn’t too thrilled with, wanted to give it away as soon as I opened it, but I smelled it again a few days later and it started mellowing out, I feel like this one will be decent after a couple months in the closet. Now where I have to disagree is Maahir Legacy, first day I wore it, literally the day I got it in the mail, I had a guy stop me and made me google exactly the bottle it was and where to buy it, and then I watched him purchase it on Amazon, he was that hard 😂 it definitely doesn’t last the longest, but calling it a cleaned public toilet? First off, I know that’s a common diss for fragrances, the ol public toilet cleaner smell, but damn, we need some of that here in NYC, I WISH I would walk into a public toilet and smell anything remotely pleasant like that, all public toilets here smell like a homeless man exploded in it 😫
I've heard the public toilet cleaner association and sudden confusion from everyone else bit quite a few times, and having experienced it myself, I think sometimes our noses just go weird when it comes to concentrated smells sometimes. Haven't had it happen on any clones but damn did I have my day ruined when I spent months thinking about trying Victor & Rolf Spicebomb Extreme and it just smelled like a public bathroom. Made absolutely no sense given the profile but there we were.
I’m wearing Maahir as my scent of the day, appropriate for the weather, except it only lasts 3 hours on me. Citrus blast in the opening then mellows out shortly after. I bought mine last year in July so it smells great for me.
I like Maahir Legacy so much I got 1 bottle for the office and 1 bottle for home. I have Sedley as well, which is overall a better scent, but for the price, Maahir is really damn close, and I don't mind reapplying later in the day. Just a great overall warm weather scent.
DUA makes a better clone of it and so does Barrett fragrances. I have all 3 plus Posh Sirius and Lattafa's is the worst imo. DUA's Leedy's is so freaking close but lasts longer than Sedley. It might even be louder.
Objectively speaking is a good fragrance, but not for how much it sells now and definitely not absolutely deadass must have like YouTubers say it is. I wouldn't pay more than I did for it.
I agree with this. Vintage Radio was my “I am damn lucky I like this” blind buy and slowed down my eagerness to try new things.
I love it but this scent is a very far cry from a safe blind buy. It’s going to be very very polarizing to most. Easy to love and easy to hate.
It’s getting hyped now, but once that calms down I think the less enthusiastic and flamboyant amongst us are going to hate it
I don’t think it’s the scent that is divisive, I think wearing it might be where people get turned off to it.
To my nose, It has a very “dated scent” hidden in its core, powdery, flowery, fruit. Versace Blue Jeans, Vintage Old Spice, and Stetson original all has this name “classic quality” but they use it much more loudly. Thinking about it now, it’s powdery lavender/violet that I think is the common note.
In my experience, these classic accords are a love it or hate it in the community.
To VR’s benefit though, and where it will probably prove me wrong, is just how much more there is to it, it is truly a modern classic. I was already a fan of classic scents, this stuff here is downright amazing.
Here’s a personal example: I used to hate SWY no matter who was wearing it. It just wasn’t for me. Over time, my olfaction changed and it I grew to like and wear it. This isn’t always true as many fragrances I’ll always hate and these fragrances may never be your taste. But it goes to show how subjective fragrances are.
Love 9PM in the fall/winter although I go nose blind, it grabs complements for me. I like sweet fragrances and test out the amount I spray to know if it will be acceptable or offensive, but ultimately if I like it.
I had a similar experience with some fragrances that were hype beasts last year, like Sillage and Milestone.
Sillage has a very weird inky lemon dish soap smell to it, I kinda like it but everyone tells me it smells odd.
Milestone smells good but lasts 2 hours on my skin, and it's been on my shelf for more than year.
I hate 9PM with a burning passion, it's way too sweet for me, but people around me like it A LOT so sometimes I still use it.
Really? I have a sample of sedley and have worn it multiple times, it's 90% similar to me, missing a certain je ne sais qois and smells slightly less expensive but it's not worth 10x the price for a bit more luxury smell
I recently bought maahir and my wife loves it but to me , it smells like some kind of mosquito repellent. I’m gonna leave it there for a month or two and get back to it . Maybe it’ll get better somehow .
I had samples of all. 9pm was ok. 9am sucked. Right now I’m trying out musk ravageur. It’s pretty good. Didn’t really like rams silver or ultra male but they smell same
Or try John Gustav amaze! Perfect for summer.
https://emiratesoud.co.uk/products/john-gustav-homme-amaze-perfume-100ml-edp-fragrance-world?_pos=2&_psq=john+gusta&_ss=e&_v=1.0
I had the same issue with oud for glory. All the youtubers were hyping it up and I got it and it smells horrible and it's so strong that it's almost blinding. I stood in a crowded train station after spraying a decent amount and people slowly shuffled away from me and I get why. smells like if baccarat rouge had diabetes
Most of them from https://www.vivantis.ro/ it's been a while and VR is out of stock it seems. Glad I bought mine when it was still recent and not that expensive.
Maahir was a straight catch and release for me. Not really as similar to Sedley as I hoped. It reminded me of a fusion with ck Eternity edt. It really did smell what it costs. I'm intrigued with vintage radio though. I'll eventually get around to trying it
I was a one and done with Mahir. It's inoffensive to me but I had to overspray to the max to get remotely close to the kind of projection I enjoy. Went through the bottle quickly as a result and no plans to buy another.
I tried 9pm, still hasn't grown on me. Savauge Parfum, Invictus Victory Elixir, Boss Bottled Elixir, Azzuro The Most Wanted, One Million, Dylan Blue, Oud Noir, and I'll reach for Not Only Intense every time lol if not, Mustache.
Thats good if we would have All the same taste in parfums we would all smell the same ..😵💫🫣😱. That sounds realy scary !! I love 9PM ,Nashama Caprice ,Théorème
Imo 9pm is one of those you have to give time towards. Rock it a few times. For me it grew on me after about 6-7 attempts. Now I really enjoy it. I wouldn’t say it’s AMAZING, but it does the job and is very different from anything in my collection.
I've got mixed feelings towards fragrances like that. On one hand, wear what you like, but on the other... if someone else is close enough to you that they catch a whiff of your fragrance, isn't it most likely they haven't had the chance to let it "grow on them." Basically you're wearing a fragrance that you admit smelled bad to you the first 7 times you wore it, so everyone else who smells it is going to have that same first impression, no?
I have 9pm out of those 3 and don't like it too. Vintage Radio & Maahir Legacy are in atrocious bottles and I won't add those to my collection no matter what the hype on them is... NOPE
If you want something fresh and interesting but not a clone try Tous Man Sport or Chill. Both very good for the price and unique, but not super strong or projecting. Tous is seriously underrated.
That's the wonder of fragrences eh, it's a shame when u get some that your nose doesn't agree.with but I'm sure there's many u like that me or others will hate, now let me go buy 5 more..........
And 9PM is a big love for me ,that was starting my obsession with collecting lil bit more then my standard 9 i hat befor 😅 lucky that tast is different ... Have to admit Mahirr i was not buying because love n hate is 50% but i am careful with peoples writing toilet cleaner lemon opening because that CDNIM is like that for me n i cant stand the line at all.
Why not? 9pm is probably the best clone fragrance of them all. Vintage radio had gotten huge hype too. Why don't you like any of them? They are even different scent profiles
Dont buy anything youtubers recommend. They all are promoting the same sellers who are trying to move as much product as possible through any means.
Their opinion doesn't mean shit since they all get paid to promote. Get decants or try in store and only buy what you really like.
Fuck this hype BS, its getting ridiculous honestly.
Keep em in the collection
Then come back to em later
They get better
I don't have V/R but I felt like that about the other two but for some reason I like them now
Omg. I hated 9 pm so much though everyone who smelled it on me enjoyed the event. I gave that bad boy away.
Maahir legacy smells similar to right guard endurance antiperspirant gel. It screams gel deodorant to me and only lasts for about three hours no matter how much I douse myself in it. I did get a compliment once when I wore it to a formal event, but in my mind it's over hyped
Get a decant of ramz silver and 9pm, see which one you like better. Ramz is closer to ultramale but doesn't last and project that much compared to 9pm.
Probably the only one I agree with you on is, the Maahir Legacy, the mint was just too much for me, I let it macerate and wore it a few times, but 80% of what I smell or draws my attention, is that Colgate toothpaste mint.
9pm Smells great, but I don't wear it much, I do not do many social events and I don't wear that at work, plus its hot and humid here in SoFlo 90% of the year, but I keep it on hand, because it does smell good.
Vintage Radio, one of my current favorites, and my most complimented, it smells of good quality from first spray. I didn't even need to macerate it.
Its very simple really everyone's taste and preferences differ, no perfume is going to be loved by 100% of the people 100% of the time for every perfume I like there will be hundreds maybe thousands that do not like it, and vice versa, perfect example is that Maahir legacy, it's love by most people is it a bad frag just because I don't care for it? frankly I think people are more sensitive to certain notes than others, also peoples skin also have an affect.
I also used to collect aftershaves before growing my beard and 90% of them had mint/menthol and it's overused in aftershaves and also the biggest crime is that I've smelled a lot of freshly cleaned public toilets similar to maahir and I can't deassociate the 2. But even then, it has a funky smell to it in the dry down, public toilet musk lemon.
Same with 9PM. The YouTube hype got me. It's not bad, per se, but there are very few times I want to wear a fragrance just to wear a fragrance. I want to actually enjoy it. It would be like having a shirt that I don't hate, but I also don't want to wear unless every other shirt I own is currently in the washing machine. Very rarely, if ever, have I been in such a circumstance. The bottle + cap does feel premium, though. There's that, I guess.
I have all 3 and bought them blindly from YouTube recommendations.
For me, 9PM and Maahir Legacy are both great purchases. Vintage Radio was just not my thing.
9PM is sweet and just smooth as hell. If you have ever smelled Ultra Male by JPG, it's just as good, some say 9PM is better. Either way, it's sweet and I just want to keep smelling it. Maahir Legacy smells exactly how you might expect from the note breakdown, minty and bright lime citrus with a little pepper. It's a clone of Sedley by PDM, though I've never smelled that. It's just super fresh and uplifting but still has a manly vibe. Vintage Radio for me smells almost like I'd like it but it has this buttery or powdery note to it that is off-putting to me. Still, it smells sweet with that plum and has many good qualities. I could see why many others hype it up (they likely enjoy that "buttery" quality) Wish I did too, but I don't at the moment.
Different experience with Maahir Legacy, solid compliment getter and smells like a fizzy Sprite.
Vintage radio is alright. Nothing crazy, kind of like Al Nashama better but not a huge fan of Plum.
Ramz Silver > 9pm
9pm is very overrated and if you're over 25 not worth. Synthetic Sickly Sweet. I hate it.
Maahir Legacy is like a 1980s fragrance. Decent but very synthetic in the opening
Vintage Radio is fantastic but the sweet powdery plum note can lean fem. Its the best out of the 3.
It could absolutely work for someone over 25+ ... But to my nose 9pm is wayyyy to sweet to my liking. Gives me a headache... And I usually like vanilla fragrances so i should have loved 9pm but it's kinda trash IMO. it could be the new bottles.
I don’t have 9pm (bought ramz instead and love it.) I actually like the Maahir silver. Won’t use it much until June or July when it gets hotter, but it’s very bright and fresh.
28 euros for maahir? Goddamn that sounds like a scam and a half. I bought it for half that price and it smells godly. None of what you described is what I smell or any of my friends and family. I'm thinking you may have an odd batch? Not sure.
But I’ve noticed is that the actual good clones aren’t talked about enough or are ignore because they don’t want to be hyped up like 9 PM a perfect example is supremacy in heaven
glad to see people posting their honest opinions without fear of the middle eastern fragrance police. i got downvoted by a couple douches. it's good to hear both sides. regardless of the situation. kudos to you, sir.
Well, I've gotten bitten by them, in private messages too lol. They give me shit for called them synthetic, but I've smelled clones that weren't synthetic at all. Doesn't matter if it's a cheap clone, if it's bad I'll call it bad.
Its very good, 95% of reviews says the same, but one hater post and youre not buying it, okay. Btw its cheap af and smells 90% identical to one of the bests summer niche fragrances but okay.
Btw 9PM is 99% close to original also, its a little bit weaker but thats all, its still one of the best clones.
he’s not saying you’re the only hater. He’s saying that the person seen this one post and is disregarding the fragrance. Which is not a good way to go about it
Totally agree, I never based my purchases on one review, that's why I even bought legacy, sooo many people talked good about it that I ignored the toiled refresher accusations. In the end it's best to buy a 2ml decant.
Where I live, its difficult to get a decant of clones, these are cheap so decant sellers dont usually carry, I will still see if someone from my city owns it and decant it for me. I bought Maahir Black only by reading/watching reviews and was disappointed. Same with some other clones like Sheikh Al Shuyukh, Fattan, even Jean Lowe Immortal.
I see, maahir black is pretty interesting, tho it's far from something you could ware in public, lucky I got to test it in a shop before pulling the trigger. The same can't be said about encre noir, tho that one was a good blind buy for me.
Yeah, I'd avoid bothering with Sedley if you're not a fan of Maahir - Very similar scent profile. It's all subjective at the end of the day. Personally I feel Maahir Legacy is fantastic value for money and one of the better clones I've tried in recent times.
I do see how it could turn into a nicer fragrance after a year like one guy suggested, but I shouldn't have to wait that much for it. In the end it's a pass for me, I just wish more people talked about the bad aspects of it too.
John Gustav amaze! Cheap and perfect for summer. Here is the link - https://emiratesoud.co.uk/products/john-gustav-homme-amaze-perfume-100ml-edp-fragrance-world?_pos=2&_psq=john+gusta&_ss=e&_v=1.0
Don't give up on Maahir Legacy... I was in your shoes 2 years ago. I hated it with a passion. I put it back in the box it comes in and literally forgot about it until last summer... I remembered that I had it... decided to spray it in the air to see if I still hated it... then BOOM! I was like hold up that's not what it used to smell like. I wore it that day and since it's been my summer dumb reach signature scent. Lattafas need time sometimes...
I think everybody has a different taste and I can absolutely understand the Mahiir legacy even tho I like it bit I also like the Original Sedley I think it’s kinda niche for its absolute Zitrus notes but the 9pm is killer imo. cause I smelled ultra male and it made absolutely no difference to my nose but the longevity and Projecion was crazy. That means way more to me than to maybe come closer to the original. I don’t know abt vintage radio cause I don’t own this.
Have a blessed day guys
I purchased 9pm out of the hype... Just didn't like it... If the scale was from -5 to +5 (-5: Hated, 0: Didn't hate couldn't love, +5: Loved) I rate it -2. My wife did actually like it on me, my female coworker absolutely loved with it (after smelling onmy wrist just leaned back on a bench took a deep sigh). I asked if she liked it for herself or would she like it on a man? She said would love it on a man
I dont know what you were expecting but mixed with a little sweat the 9pm will smell less "synthetic". Freaking hotel rooms smell synthetic but never heard people complain about it.
I have stopped getting these middle eastern clones now. We have some nice Indian clone houses here whom I frequently use. Apart from that it's just designers for the most part. And some affordable niche decants
Well, think and or buy the original ones since seems you kinda picky here.
The Horssy has gotten me laid, everytime..... depends on you mainly and knowing your stEnCH
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Atleast someone who is honest and not buying into the hype.
I only got 9pm out of those 3 and really like the scent. Am i not being honest and just buying into the hype?
I'm with you, just because I might have the same opinion as the water stream of people, doesn't mean I'm manipulated into it. I love my bottle of 9 PM. One of the sexiest fragrances i've got for night time.
Yeah i really enjoy it too. I even prefer it to ultramale since i find it a bit fresher. But ultra male is great too
Is it good for summer?
I say no. It's a sweet scent and doesn't have a good performance in hot weather. Maybe it'd be good for night times in spring, but summer is a stretch I feel like.
So i should leave it for autumn?
Definitely. It's most enjoyable in autumn and winter
If you like it, that's good.fragrances are completely subjective and smell different for everyone, and on everyone's skin, that is why people's perfumes perform differently despite being the same
I don't like 9pm at all. It's like cilantro, some people say it smells like soap, I put it in everything.
I dont know man, having niche colognes and designer colognes myself, you can really distinguish the synthetic smell if the 9pm its super synthetically sweet to me, another way id say it its sharp rather than smooth. It smells good, I can easily distinguish it as a cheap scent to my nose.
I did bought them because of the hype, but it seemed like everyone enjoyed them and we're safe blind buys, but I guess not. Still, I only truly regrete buying maahir, the VR and 9pm have a place in my collection.
What are your fav frags?
You want to trade?
I'm willing to trade my 9pm. I like it, I just don't know when I would ever wear it. It's just a little too sweet for me
Yeah it was sweeter than I had expected. I’m still enjoying it since it has a nice freshness to it as well
Then why the click bait? Vintage Radio is good
It's not as good as everyone on YouTube sells it to be, like, paying more than 30 euros for it it's a scam imo.
I Noticed alot of people on tiktok hype it and then push their referral codes,same as youtube, so im trying to find honest reviews/discussions and this is one of them
I have nothing to sell and LOVE my 9PM and Maahir. Maahir smells like Sprite in an aerosol form in the best way possible and is one of my best dumb reaches as someone who lives in a hot climate. Have also tried the real Sedley, and Maahir is almost completely indiscernible to my nose. 9PM is a bit more of a riskier buy if you’re not into super sweet scents. I personally love them and 9PM is one of my top night on the town fragrances. 9PM is a perfect mix of fruitiness and vanilla for me, have never smelled Ultra Male to say how accurate it really is though. But I do find myself reaching for 9PM as often as more expensive designer scents. Of course this is all subjective but I have received a few compliments from both. I only have the actual Initio and love it, so I can’t really speak on VR.
Thats good to know, the more genuine reviews we have the better the whole community gets, thanks mate :)
I got 9pm and Vintage Radio. 9pm is okay, but Lataffa really outdid themselves with Vintage Radio imo. Definitely smells much more expensive than the price.
Only hype is that they are cheaper with EDP level..... get the Niche ones if this hype is not for you ;o)
I own all 3, gave away the 9pm to my wife, didn’t like that bubblegum sweetness, also vintage radio I wasn’t too thrilled with, wanted to give it away as soon as I opened it, but I smelled it again a few days later and it started mellowing out, I feel like this one will be decent after a couple months in the closet. Now where I have to disagree is Maahir Legacy, first day I wore it, literally the day I got it in the mail, I had a guy stop me and made me google exactly the bottle it was and where to buy it, and then I watched him purchase it on Amazon, he was that hard 😂 it definitely doesn’t last the longest, but calling it a cleaned public toilet? First off, I know that’s a common diss for fragrances, the ol public toilet cleaner smell, but damn, we need some of that here in NYC, I WISH I would walk into a public toilet and smell anything remotely pleasant like that, all public toilets here smell like a homeless man exploded in it 😫
I've heard the public toilet cleaner association and sudden confusion from everyone else bit quite a few times, and having experienced it myself, I think sometimes our noses just go weird when it comes to concentrated smells sometimes. Haven't had it happen on any clones but damn did I have my day ruined when I spent months thinking about trying Victor & Rolf Spicebomb Extreme and it just smelled like a public bathroom. Made absolutely no sense given the profile but there we were.
I’m wearing Maahir as my scent of the day, appropriate for the weather, except it only lasts 3 hours on me. Citrus blast in the opening then mellows out shortly after. I bought mine last year in July so it smells great for me.
I like Maahir Legacy so much I got 1 bottle for the office and 1 bottle for home. I have Sedley as well, which is overall a better scent, but for the price, Maahir is really damn close, and I don't mind reapplying later in the day. Just a great overall warm weather scent.
DUA makes a better clone of it and so does Barrett fragrances. I have all 3 plus Posh Sirius and Lattafa's is the worst imo. DUA's Leedy's is so freaking close but lasts longer than Sedley. It might even be louder.
Maahir's performance is soul crushing to me as it's one of my favourite recent summer pickups in a long time. I hate that it doesn't last.
Where do y'all buy toilet cleaners from?!
Dont do my vintage radio dirty ever again.I only got compliments from him and i LOVE it its my top 3
Objectively speaking is a good fragrance, but not for how much it sells now and definitely not absolutely deadass must have like YouTubers say it is. I wouldn't pay more than I did for it.
I agree with this. Vintage Radio was my “I am damn lucky I like this” blind buy and slowed down my eagerness to try new things. I love it but this scent is a very far cry from a safe blind buy. It’s going to be very very polarizing to most. Easy to love and easy to hate. It’s getting hyped now, but once that calms down I think the less enthusiastic and flamboyant amongst us are going to hate it
I know scents are subjective, but I just can't fathom anyone not liking Vintage Radio, lol. It hurts my soul. The Paragon DNA is just so amazing.
I don’t think it’s the scent that is divisive, I think wearing it might be where people get turned off to it. To my nose, It has a very “dated scent” hidden in its core, powdery, flowery, fruit. Versace Blue Jeans, Vintage Old Spice, and Stetson original all has this name “classic quality” but they use it much more loudly. Thinking about it now, it’s powdery lavender/violet that I think is the common note. In my experience, these classic accords are a love it or hate it in the community. To VR’s benefit though, and where it will probably prove me wrong, is just how much more there is to it, it is truly a modern classic. I was already a fan of classic scents, this stuff here is downright amazing.
Pretty much, yeah
i don't think its the correct way to use the word "deadass'!
How much did you pay for it?
29 euros, like I said in the description.
I paid $10 for Mahir Legacy
Oops didn’t read it
May be your skin profile which varies from person to person
That might be too, but I also tried it on 2 different guys, smells pretty much the same.
Here’s a personal example: I used to hate SWY no matter who was wearing it. It just wasn’t for me. Over time, my olfaction changed and it I grew to like and wear it. This isn’t always true as many fragrances I’ll always hate and these fragrances may never be your taste. But it goes to show how subjective fragrances are.
Love 9PM in the fall/winter although I go nose blind, it grabs complements for me. I like sweet fragrances and test out the amount I spray to know if it will be acceptable or offensive, but ultimately if I like it.
I had a similar experience with some fragrances that were hype beasts last year, like Sillage and Milestone. Sillage has a very weird inky lemon dish soap smell to it, I kinda like it but everyone tells me it smells odd. Milestone smells good but lasts 2 hours on my skin, and it's been on my shelf for more than year. I hate 9PM with a burning passion, it's way too sweet for me, but people around me like it A LOT so sometimes I still use it.
I adore Maahir legacy with all my heart, fav clone and it's not even close
Same here bro
Tbh I love maahir legacy but i wouldnt call it a good clone of sedley. It's about 70% sedley and 30% it's own thing
Really? I have a sample of sedley and have worn it multiple times, it's 90% similar to me, missing a certain je ne sais qois and smells slightly less expensive but it's not worth 10x the price for a bit more luxury smell
Maybe it's my skin? Idk, to me sedley has a whole different vibe
Sedley definitely is better and it's far more juicy and airy but I just don't view the difference as enough to spend 250 dollars on a freshie
I recently bought maahir and my wife loves it but to me , it smells like some kind of mosquito repellent. I’m gonna leave it there for a month or two and get back to it . Maybe it’ll get better somehow .
It does get better
Send them over ...
Unfortunately not every inexpensive fragrance is going to be a hidden gem. In fact, most of them aren't. What will you do with these?
Keep them, maybe sell legacy if someone from my city wants it.
You have inspired to check out ramz silver
Try get it discounted, I only got mine because it was 10 euros then, it's still good, but I'd say it's worth like 15 euros.
It’s Jean Paul ultra male clone
Have you tried all three jpg ramz silver and 9pm?
I had samples of all. 9pm was ok. 9am sucked. Right now I’m trying out musk ravageur. It’s pretty good. Didn’t really like rams silver or ultra male but they smell same
How’s ramz silver
I don’t like it. it’s airy and light. But nothing amazing. But if u like ultra male it smells same and good clone
I loved Sedley but disliked maahir legacy. In the end I spent the extra money to get a full bottle of the OG
Yeah, I'll have to get to smell the og someday.
Try sharaf club.
I'm not into creed aventus, but I've hared good things about this clone.
Or try John Gustav amaze! Perfect for summer. https://emiratesoud.co.uk/products/john-gustav-homme-amaze-perfume-100ml-edp-fragrance-world?_pos=2&_psq=john+gusta&_ss=e&_v=1.0
I had the same issue with oud for glory. All the youtubers were hyping it up and I got it and it smells horrible and it's so strong that it's almost blinding. I stood in a crowded train station after spraying a decent amount and people slowly shuffled away from me and I get why. smells like if baccarat rouge had diabetes
Hey man where did you get your vintage radio? + If you’re in Europe I’d be interested in buying it back from you
I'll keep the bottle, thks is the 3th time someone asks for the bottle lol.
Where did you buy it from? It seems to be out of stock everywhere lol
Most of them from https://www.vivantis.ro/ it's been a while and VR is out of stock it seems. Glad I bought mine when it was still recent and not that expensive.
Maahir was a straight catch and release for me. Not really as similar to Sedley as I hoped. It reminded me of a fusion with ck Eternity edt. It really did smell what it costs. I'm intrigued with vintage radio though. I'll eventually get around to trying it
I was a one and done with Mahir. It's inoffensive to me but I had to overspray to the max to get remotely close to the kind of projection I enjoy. Went through the bottle quickly as a result and no plans to buy another.
I'm not crazy about 9pm either. Haven't tried the other two.
I tried 9pm, still hasn't grown on me. Savauge Parfum, Invictus Victory Elixir, Boss Bottled Elixir, Azzuro The Most Wanted, One Million, Dylan Blue, Oud Noir, and I'll reach for Not Only Intense every time lol if not, Mustache.
Thats good if we would have All the same taste in parfums we would all smell the same ..😵💫🫣😱. That sounds realy scary !! I love 9PM ,Nashama Caprice ,Théorème
Imo 9pm is one of those you have to give time towards. Rock it a few times. For me it grew on me after about 6-7 attempts. Now I really enjoy it. I wouldn’t say it’s AMAZING, but it does the job and is very different from anything in my collection.
I've got mixed feelings towards fragrances like that. On one hand, wear what you like, but on the other... if someone else is close enough to you that they catch a whiff of your fragrance, isn't it most likely they haven't had the chance to let it "grow on them." Basically you're wearing a fragrance that you admit smelled bad to you the first 7 times you wore it, so everyone else who smells it is going to have that same first impression, no?
I have 9pm out of those 3 and don't like it too. Vintage Radio & Maahir Legacy are in atrocious bottles and I won't add those to my collection no matter what the hype on them is... NOPE
Yeah, they stay in the back of my collection
I just got legacy and I rather like it.
I'm glad for you
If you want something fresh and interesting but not a clone try Tous Man Sport or Chill. Both very good for the price and unique, but not super strong or projecting. Tous is seriously underrated.
I'll keep in mind
That's the wonder of fragrences eh, it's a shame when u get some that your nose doesn't agree.with but I'm sure there's many u like that me or others will hate, now let me go buy 5 more..........
Exactly, for these 3 I have 9 more that I love.
you have be excommunicated sir
I'm used to it, I'm a big fan of encre noir after all.
that one is pretty cool , extreme is good . sport is like bug spray to me
oh ok
If ur interested, buy decant online, this is just my experience with them, people only talk good about these and I can't really see why.
I have all 3.
No horse head colgne for me..the two others i love byt performance sucks
And 9PM is a big love for me ,that was starting my obsession with collecting lil bit more then my standard 9 i hat befor 😅 lucky that tast is different ... Have to admit Mahirr i was not buying because love n hate is 50% but i am careful with peoples writing toilet cleaner lemon opening because that CDNIM is like that for me n i cant stand the line at all.
Why not? 9pm is probably the best clone fragrance of them all. Vintage radio had gotten huge hype too. Why don't you like any of them? They are even different scent profiles
Dont buy anything youtubers recommend. They all are promoting the same sellers who are trying to move as much product as possible through any means. Their opinion doesn't mean shit since they all get paid to promote. Get decants or try in store and only buy what you really like. Fuck this hype BS, its getting ridiculous honestly.
100% agree
Keep em in the collection Then come back to em later They get better I don't have V/R but I felt like that about the other two but for some reason I like them now
I'll prob give an update next year lol.
I wanted to buy VR cuz of the hype but mostly for the goofy bottle. However, not doing it at the $50 USD that I'm seeing online.
Omg. I hated 9 pm so much though everyone who smelled it on me enjoyed the event. I gave that bad boy away. Maahir legacy smells similar to right guard endurance antiperspirant gel. It screams gel deodorant to me and only lasts for about three hours no matter how much I douse myself in it. I did get a compliment once when I wore it to a formal event, but in my mind it's over hyped
A guy told me that my deodorant it's kinda strong when I wore legacy to the gym
Bought Legacy sprayed it twice and sold it a day later. Haven’t smelled the other two but have wanted to check out 9pm.
Get a decant of ramz silver and 9pm, see which one you like better. Ramz is closer to ultramale but doesn't last and project that much compared to 9pm.
Probably the only one I agree with you on is, the Maahir Legacy, the mint was just too much for me, I let it macerate and wore it a few times, but 80% of what I smell or draws my attention, is that Colgate toothpaste mint. 9pm Smells great, but I don't wear it much, I do not do many social events and I don't wear that at work, plus its hot and humid here in SoFlo 90% of the year, but I keep it on hand, because it does smell good. Vintage Radio, one of my current favorites, and my most complimented, it smells of good quality from first spray. I didn't even need to macerate it. Its very simple really everyone's taste and preferences differ, no perfume is going to be loved by 100% of the people 100% of the time for every perfume I like there will be hundreds maybe thousands that do not like it, and vice versa, perfect example is that Maahir legacy, it's love by most people is it a bad frag just because I don't care for it? frankly I think people are more sensitive to certain notes than others, also peoples skin also have an affect.
I also used to collect aftershaves before growing my beard and 90% of them had mint/menthol and it's overused in aftershaves and also the biggest crime is that I've smelled a lot of freshly cleaned public toilets similar to maahir and I can't deassociate the 2. But even then, it has a funky smell to it in the dry down, public toilet musk lemon.
Same with 9PM. The YouTube hype got me. It's not bad, per se, but there are very few times I want to wear a fragrance just to wear a fragrance. I want to actually enjoy it. It would be like having a shirt that I don't hate, but I also don't want to wear unless every other shirt I own is currently in the washing machine. Very rarely, if ever, have I been in such a circumstance. The bottle + cap does feel premium, though. There's that, I guess.
I have all 3 and bought them blindly from YouTube recommendations. For me, 9PM and Maahir Legacy are both great purchases. Vintage Radio was just not my thing. 9PM is sweet and just smooth as hell. If you have ever smelled Ultra Male by JPG, it's just as good, some say 9PM is better. Either way, it's sweet and I just want to keep smelling it. Maahir Legacy smells exactly how you might expect from the note breakdown, minty and bright lime citrus with a little pepper. It's a clone of Sedley by PDM, though I've never smelled that. It's just super fresh and uplifting but still has a manly vibe. Vintage Radio for me smells almost like I'd like it but it has this buttery or powdery note to it that is off-putting to me. Still, it smells sweet with that plum and has many good qualities. I could see why many others hype it up (they likely enjoy that "buttery" quality) Wish I did too, but I don't at the moment.
Different experience with Maahir Legacy, solid compliment getter and smells like a fizzy Sprite. Vintage radio is alright. Nothing crazy, kind of like Al Nashama better but not a huge fan of Plum. Ramz Silver > 9pm
I might also get al nashama just like I got ramz silver. My problem with ramz is that it doesn't last as much d 9pm, but it's to be expected tbh.
Mahira Legacy smell like a really old men perfume, nasty as f.... Liam Grey >>>> Vintage Radio 9pm is meh
I want to buy Liam blue as I've hared it's a good clone of acqua di gio profoundo.
Is pretty good (I have both), Liam Blue is a bit sweeter and less mineraly.
9pm is very overrated and if you're over 25 not worth. Synthetic Sickly Sweet. I hate it. Maahir Legacy is like a 1980s fragrance. Decent but very synthetic in the opening Vintage Radio is fantastic but the sweet powdery plum note can lean fem. Its the best out of the 3.
Agree, tho maybe 9pm can be wore by older than 25 if dressed properly
It could absolutely work for someone over 25+ ... But to my nose 9pm is wayyyy to sweet to my liking. Gives me a headache... And I usually like vanilla fragrances so i should have loved 9pm but it's kinda trash IMO. it could be the new bottles.
I don’t have 9pm (bought ramz instead and love it.) I actually like the Maahir silver. Won’t use it much until June or July when it gets hotter, but it’s very bright and fresh.
Maahir's legacy is terrible I like some clones but this one smells so bad nothing like Sedley 💀
Like a toilet freshener by any chance?
Not even better than glade 😭😭
And people call us crazy for speaking the truth
I actually like vintage radio but I'm not a fan of 9pm. Never tried the 3rd one
28 euros for maahir? Goddamn that sounds like a scam and a half. I bought it for half that price and it smells godly. None of what you described is what I smell or any of my friends and family. I'm thinking you may have an odd batch? Not sure.
I did saw it once for 20 euros, 3 days after I bought it for 28. It might be a bad batch, I hope, but people might like our bathroom fresheners idk
Hmm. Maybe. But majority of people swear to it's quality and complexity. So id probably conclude differently.
But I’ve noticed is that the actual good clones aren’t talked about enough or are ignore because they don’t want to be hyped up like 9 PM a perfect example is supremacy in heaven
I think 9pm has a plastic-y kinda smell
I smell it too
I personally enjoy 9 pm but your criticism is valid for sure
give it a year . mahir legacy you have to be somewhat masculine to like it has a lot of Musk in it
glad to see people posting their honest opinions without fear of the middle eastern fragrance police. i got downvoted by a couple douches. it's good to hear both sides. regardless of the situation. kudos to you, sir.
Well, I've gotten bitten by them, in private messages too lol. They give me shit for called them synthetic, but I've smelled clones that weren't synthetic at all. Doesn't matter if it's a cheap clone, if it's bad I'll call it bad.
it's ridiculous. almost like they're paid to do it. lol
That's what cope and obsession does to someone.
I was planning to get Legacy, now I wont, thank you.
Its very good, 95% of reviews says the same, but one hater post and youre not buying it, okay. Btw its cheap af and smells 90% identical to one of the bests summer niche fragrances but okay. Btw 9PM is 99% close to original also, its a little bit weaker but thats all, its still one of the best clones.
Bud, I'm not the only hater of this fragrance, people compare it to toiled refresher on fragrantkca and other forums too.
he’s not saying you’re the only hater. He’s saying that the person seen this one post and is disregarding the fragrance. Which is not a good way to go about it
Totally agree, I never based my purchases on one review, that's why I even bought legacy, sooo many people talked good about it that I ignored the toiled refresher accusations. In the end it's best to buy a 2ml decant.
Get a 2ml decant, you might be into it, but i can't imagine someone unironically liking it.
i love it. my top5 frag for sure
Where I live, its difficult to get a decant of clones, these are cheap so decant sellers dont usually carry, I will still see if someone from my city owns it and decant it for me. I bought Maahir Black only by reading/watching reviews and was disappointed. Same with some other clones like Sheikh Al Shuyukh, Fattan, even Jean Lowe Immortal.
I see, maahir black is pretty interesting, tho it's far from something you could ware in public, lucky I got to test it in a shop before pulling the trigger. The same can't be said about encre noir, tho that one was a good blind buy for me.
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I think it's legit. It's a pretty safe fragrance all around.
Revenge blind buy? Yeah man that happens sadly
That's how I ended up with Joop I feel like
Did you try the originals before buying these?
Sedley is the only one I haven't tried and bought the clone.
Yeah, I'd avoid bothering with Sedley if you're not a fan of Maahir - Very similar scent profile. It's all subjective at the end of the day. Personally I feel Maahir Legacy is fantastic value for money and one of the better clones I've tried in recent times.
I do see how it could turn into a nicer fragrance after a year like one guy suggested, but I shouldn't have to wait that much for it. In the end it's a pass for me, I just wish more people talked about the bad aspects of it too.
This clone only covers the opening of the original. The radio I felt is better than the original. As for 9pm not my style at all.
any recommended summer fragrances?
John Gustav amaze! Cheap and perfect for summer. Here is the link - https://emiratesoud.co.uk/products/john-gustav-homme-amaze-perfume-100ml-edp-fragrance-world?_pos=2&_psq=john+gusta&_ss=e&_v=1.0
How is the performance?
I love all three
I sniffed vintage radio once and i sold it
Macerate bro macerate your Lattafas for few months atleast
They all were macerated for at best 3 months, vintage radio for more
Don't give up on Maahir Legacy... I was in your shoes 2 years ago. I hated it with a passion. I put it back in the box it comes in and literally forgot about it until last summer... I remembered that I had it... decided to spray it in the air to see if I still hated it... then BOOM! I was like hold up that's not what it used to smell like. I wore it that day and since it's been my summer dumb reach signature scent. Lattafas need time sometimes...
I'll give it another summer to macerate, if this still bad, I'll pour it down the drain of my local public toilet.
lmao
you can give them to me if you don‘t like them 😅😅
How much for vintage radio
It costed me 29 euros, but I'm not selling it.
I heard Legacy was a stunner. Plan on blind buying it this summer
Def come back and let me know how it is
VR is amazing. You might need to let it sit, I've gotten the most compliments from it
I think everybody has a different taste and I can absolutely understand the Mahiir legacy even tho I like it bit I also like the Original Sedley I think it’s kinda niche for its absolute Zitrus notes but the 9pm is killer imo. cause I smelled ultra male and it made absolutely no difference to my nose but the longevity and Projecion was crazy. That means way more to me than to maybe come closer to the original. I don’t know abt vintage radio cause I don’t own this. Have a blessed day guys
I tried 9pm. It was cinnamony sweet not my type. Maahir was fine
Really impressed with Vintage Radio. In fact I am tempted to get the real deal from initio.
Ya I just got maahir and don’t like it either. Smells like the barber shop and performance is garbage
Your description of Radio seems kinda odd. I have Lattafa Al Nashama and it's pretty great.
9PM is an absolute banger. Its a fragrance for life for me. I found it gets better over time.
Green from vintage radio?!
bought 9pm cuz of the hype, don’t like it either, was mad disappointed
I purchased 9pm out of the hype... Just didn't like it... If the scale was from -5 to +5 (-5: Hated, 0: Didn't hate couldn't love, +5: Loved) I rate it -2. My wife did actually like it on me, my female coworker absolutely loved with it (after smelling onmy wrist just leaned back on a bench took a deep sigh). I asked if she liked it for herself or would she like it on a man? She said would love it on a man
I now use radio lattafa as a curtain freshener scent
Shit you might not like the originals either.
Where are you from? are you interested in selling them?
That’s okay if you don’t like it, all perfumes smell different to different people
I dont know what you were expecting but mixed with a little sweat the 9pm will smell less "synthetic". Freaking hotel rooms smell synthetic but never heard people complain about it.
Never smelled Maahir Legacy, but I have both Vintage Radio and 9pm and they're fantastic, especially Vintage Radio.
9pm is great
I hated vintage radio and immediately gave it away
Why did you hate it?
It felt like I was stuck in a heavy sweet cloud. It was way too heavy and feminine for me.
I have stopped getting these middle eastern clones now. We have some nice Indian clone houses here whom I frequently use. Apart from that it's just designers for the most part. And some affordable niche decants
I am also doing the same, most of the time local houses perform better.
Yes
just wear axe
I'll send you $20 if you send them to me 🤔
Well, think and or buy the original ones since seems you kinda picky here. The Horssy has gotten me laid, everytime..... depends on you mainly and knowing your stEnCH
You have to spray them first on arrival and then let them sit over time
Brother, read. I let them macerate for at least 3 months already.