Francesca Bianchi The Dark Side (2016) Early Impression & Ramble 🐏
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- čas přidán 29. 12. 2022
- This is my early impression of Francesca Bianchi The Dark Side (2016). I had to do this video now since i broke the sample today and hardly saved enough juice to squeek this review out. Enjoy the ramble 🐏 in the last half of the video. If you want to discuss perfume with me further, please email me at ramseysmellsgood@gmail.com or IG @ramseytheramsmellsgood
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I really wanted to like her creations but unfortunately the same dna gets old and the the dark side imo is a sweet mess and these things really last forever on skin once u go vintage u can’t go back rather spend my money on the past, btw still loving Jules I got yesterday what a scent , every time I get a new vintage I think it’s the greatest thing in the world last week was santos tomorrow Rochas femme Eau de cologne comes inn can’t thank u enough! this time last year I would spend $500 on a bottle just to resell it a week later always lookin for something special until I found ur channel I’ve grown a real collection of true gems 💎 🙏
Beautiful comment to read brother... you will love Rochas femme Eau de Cologne! Do report back and let me know your findings... it feels great to lead my flock to the promise land🐏 You have a whole new world of vintages to explore hell Rich Mitch and I are still uncovering vintages that we love even to this day... there is enough vintage perfume to satisfy a lifetime 🤌🤌🤌
As a noob, I was saved by the sky high prices of nishe perfumery 😊 I only bought samples. And guess what - I found most of the hyped stuff repulsive (sweet, amberwoods, "so-called-oud"). Then I realised the big perfume fishes on YT are exactly the same as the big makeup fishes... living, breathing commercials. And they don't disclose that info. In fact, it seems like all the bottles have been bought with their own money. And then I found you and the others - ppl who care 😊 and I'm very glad 😁
I am very glad you found us too Natalia 🫂
We have a great little mini fragrance town .. its fun playing the mayor but you all make the town run day to day... I am just a figurehead 🎩🧐
@@RamseytheRam if you're the hat, I am the 🐕 and I guess Duck is the 🛳️ 'cause water... 😝
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Have you tried Amouage Myths Woman? That's the version I tried, I really did enjoy my sample. I don't recall the women version having some vetiver or an ash accord, but yes the chrysanthemum was at the forefront, with the moss and a bit of musk/ambergris. Lovely. Nathalie Lorson doing her thing!
I NEED to smell that 🐽
Thanks so much for watching & commenting 😊
Great review mate..I absolutely agree with everything said in this video.I’m not a big fan of the house even though I really really like dark night I think it’s called,to my nose that one is the most balanced and interesting out of all of her work,I think she can do a lot better if she listens to what ppl have to say about her work.great vid as always brother thanks for sharing your thoughts
I think she can do better too!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and if I dont see you again before the new year have a happy safe & prosperous one 🥂🎊
I think when I discovered your channel Ramsey it was informative and honest like your love of perfume and your deep understanding of the industry is fantastic informative and interesting as I have said to you ,that all makes for a great channel.that is why I'm in your audience.happy new year bro .cheers nath
Thank you for the feedback Nathan... so glad you have been here with us in 2022 ... happy new year to you and yours too & here is to 2023 🥳🥂
Only Ramsey can launch into a 40 min rant based on a scent that he actually likes. I love it.
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Great great review, as always! I fully agree with all your comments about perfumery. I believe I ‘saw the light’ a few years ago. :-) However, in my whole collection the ‘Dark Side’ is my number two all time favorite. It hits all the important parts of the brain (independently of materials, price etc). The wearing experience is the best. I have perfumes 10x more expensive, I love the classics and have Areej le Dore (my favorites OE IV and Al Majmua), BUT the ‘Dark Side’ is just amazing for me.
Thanks for sharing & commenting Paul 🍻
I have Sex Sea Neroli. It's soooo potent.
Yes, there's like this all-encompassing repeating wall that permeates everywhere in her line.
I have three decants that came with the bottle, plus a sample set.
I think I like The Dark Side. I like dark spicey woodies.
I have enough of them, but I will most likely get Wood Infusion. Why, I don't know.
I do agree. There's this mega-block DNA that persists throughout her catalog.
Oh, wearing my Eurocos UTIF of Boss No 1 tomorrow.
I love it.
BTW, happ new year Ramsey.
I love vintage Boss Number One too ... i havent smelled sex sea neroli yet... but one day 🙏
Have a happy & safe & prosperous new year Eddie 🎊🥳
For me you are the Best in this game....i hope you never give up.
Thank you for the kind words... they really do lift me up... I hope you have a great New Year 🥳🎊
A good idea for a video came to mind watching this. "Reviewers I Trust and Why". Some of the reviewers you mentioned I haven't heard of.
Ahhhhh well I am thinking of doing a live stream today so maybe we can put that on the list of things to talk about 🤌🤌🤌
And that's the reason the average person desperately NEEDS to develop their olfactory palette!! Once their nose-eyes are opened and they stop buying the generic hogwash - instead, opting for more interesting, more challenging but ultimately more rewarding scents - the next renaissance will begin. This is the renaissance that I was referring to in one of Roja's Q&A. One way or the other, digital currency will ultimately decide the direction. Opening the mind is always the first step. I certainly do think that great times are ahead full of open choice and enlightened people. After all, it only takes one shepherd to lead a hundred sheep. 🐑 One of your best rambles Ramsey! Succinct and on point.
Sometimes the rambles come from out of no where ... the final ramble🐏 of 2022.... or is it?! 🤔😂
Thinking of doing one last live stream tomorrow for New Years Eve 🎊
“The way forwards with fragrance is by going in the past” I loved that quote man. I enjoyed the rant more than the review 🤣
I was wondering why Great Britain is 750£ online but I thought it was just to sell out the last two bottles that were available on their online store since it’s discontinued now. And I only found those last two on that particular store it’s gone everywhere else.
Do you think it’s going to be an exclusive for half the price?! It would make more sense to increase the price in that scenario.
I enjoyed ranting more than the review too 😂😂😂
I also dont really understand what is going on with Great Britain... I am getting conflicting information from people ... some people say it will be an exclusive & some people say it is discontinued... maybe Roja should come on channel Ram 🐏 & clear the air 🤔😂😂😂
@@RamseytheRam I think he’d be intimidated from the great ram 🐏🤣 but he’s kind of a sweetheart honestly.
Either way I scored a bottle for even less of that from someone who didn’t like that version and I’m a bit worried it will be different from the travel atomizer I have but I’m taking my chances.
Only thing has me worried is that the bottle is different in one aspect from the usual. And that is it’s missing the font on the sides where it says ROJA PARFUMS. Everything else checks out being legit. The seller said that’s how the new bottles are now 🤷🏻 he showed me receipt and everything so he did get the half price version.
I hope it’s the same formula man, send prayers 🙏🏻
Yes that IS how the new bottles are 🤷♂️🤦♂️
One of the most expensive houses per ML in the game and they are cutting corners on Gold Lettering... Ugh 🤒
@@RamseytheRam okay well that eases my mind a little more, always can count on your knowledge man. But yeah what a shame, is it not enough of a mark up for them to keep cutting down on presentation, makes you realize how easily they can cut down on the materials in the juice itself 🫠
I just got the Dark Side which is my first FB.. i’m loving but am surprised that it’s not a challenging scent for me at all. I love it though!
It wasnt so challenging for me either... but I have a very high tolerance for animalics ... thanks so much for watching & commenting 🥂
Would love to see your live stream.. thanks for the review!
@@norhafizahisa-thorslund8157 i already did it today! You can watch it by clicking on lives or go to my "stream" play list or "this is NOT a top ten RANKED" playlist ... do let me know what you make of it ✌️
Ooops, my first blind buy was Lost in Heaven, instead of Lover’s Tale. I got them mixed up. They do smell similar from my discovery set. Lost in Heaven is fermented-breathy too.
Havent smelled Lost in Heaven yet... but I have a feeling I can imagine what it smells like 😂😂😂
@@RamseytheRam no! ☠️ (dying 😂 )
True that Rams ,”Back to the Future “is the way forward for the discerning Frag lover,the vintage road of old . Can’t really argue that if folks get their noses on the loves of yourself,Rich and others commenting and engaging on the channels it becomes blatantly obvious.cheers mate, All roads lead to Rome (or Vintage) as the saying goes 👍🙏✌️
All roads lead to vintage would be a bad azzz channel or band name 😂😂😂
@@RamseytheRam hahaha ,wouldn’t it though , or F.B.might do a Fragrance called “ A Vintage Tale “ lol 😂. That said her Tyger Tyger, and Lux Calme Volupte are her nod to the past ,but again sooo unmistakably her hand and dna .gotta dash unfortunately Covid has entered my workplace dammit,full metal jacket mode in play now ,here we go again shit .cheers Rams 👍🙏✌️
I agree,,, i think the problem is that there are now so many new launches each month, back in 80's and 90's there were far fewer releases each year so a designer brand can afford to be different because the choices were limited. Hence releases such as Fahrenheit, Jazz, Kouros, Anteus,, I also love Lagerfeld classic for a warm, amber winter fragrance (and its 25 quid UK which is crazy )Now there are so many they have to fight harder to get sales and get attention so they tend to play it safer,, so I do agree that there are so many same, boring fragrances. I like Amouage, Nishane, Amouroud, Kajal and for decent, safe work fragrances I use Mancera. The other place I have found is some independents have different fragrances, such as ATH, but even then his High Voltage smells like Aventus. For Amouage (my favourite brand) i have Lyric, Journey, Epic, Shinshine, Beach hut, Portrayal and Enclave. By far the weakest and least Amouage to me is the newer Enclave and the recent other releases such as Boundless are just so hohom.. Never smelt Francesca Bianchi but I do like Iris so I need to get my nose on it.. Great video by the way.....
Thanks for adding your thoughts to my rant... Lagerfeld cologne ( now classic) is discontinued btw according to parfumo... they wait for karl to die and then shite canned it a year later if true... grab ur bottles at 25 bucks while you can 😁
@@RamseytheRam i have a bottle, cant believe they discontinued it. Watch that price rise!
They made a ton of bottles though.. if you only have a modern Lagerfeld Classic bottle you should hunt the vintage Lagerfeld Cologne 🤌🤌🤌
@@RamseytheRam cant find one in the UK except 5ml samples. I will keep an eye out.
I blind bought 3. The Dark Side. Lost In Heaven. Etruscan Water. I thought I'd like the Dark Side the most. Of the 3, I liked it least. Powdery Honey. Not nearly as much funk as I was hoping for. Lost in Heaven (to me floral musk) I wore to work, and received 2 compliments. Etruscan Water which I thought would be my least favorite and I liked it the most of the 3.
I am glad I stopped my FB full bottle purchase at one... Etruscan Water... its not a bad brand... just not a brand I feel I need more than 1 bottle of personally 🤷♂️
Thanks for watching & commenting 🤌🤌
Love the dark side and others she has Tfs
Thanks so much for watching & commenting Indecence 😊
I knocked over a Polo Big pony #2 for men the other day. Vintage 1st edition tester with the writing on the back of Sensual and warm. And the notes. Lost the whole bottle. At least the room smelled of it for a few days. It was part of the whole collection that I will have to replace one day. Lol not for retail price or higher though lol discontinued or not. I still like the Big pony collection but they reminded me of Hugo boss frags but a bit weaker maybe ?
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Thanks for the mention my friend!! Searching for info in her page she mentions that in this perfume (and I tend to believe most of her creations), she used an Oud base of her own in high dosage. And as an apprentice perfumer myself (self taughted) I can see the temptation while creating an accord or structure and 'nailing it' using it again, but as with many things I prefer to take the time needed to find what is best for the idea (a brief if you like) and not the other way round. Sorry for the personal rambling haha. Cheers!!
Thanks so much for sharing and if you ever have any frags you want to send my way I would love to smell your work one day my friend... and you Nailed FB with that statement BTW 😄
@@RamseytheRam sure! I have 3 on the making and almost done... they're not quite challenging so I'm not sure you'll like them lol
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You know me well 🙏
Talking of a common dna... diorella, dioressence and vintage Miss Dior are incredibly similar. Of course there are differences but really don’t need all 3!
Happy New Year!
Oaaffff i dont know if I agree with that take... but I respect everyones opinions... thanks for sharing & watching & commenting 🍻
@@RamseytheRam try all 3 and give it an hour and maybe you’ll see what I mean. I happen to love the dna and of the 3 prefer Dioressence, vintage.
@@RamseytheRam have been pondering this. Found a note on my Dioressence . Apparently they use cheap Moss Dior soap as a base and added animalics and amber. Hence why I smell a common DNA. All my bottles are vintage. Not sure the modern versions even smell the same .
The downside of being a connoisseur. Nothing (or very little) impresses and you take a deep dive trying to find the 1...or 10 must haves, and hundreds of bottles later you're still looking. I remember the old days when I had one bottle of whatever (Obsession, Grey Flannel, Drakkar, Passion for Men) and wore it out and thought I smelled great.
This is true... the discovery process is great... But even after all these years and bottles I try and remind myself to slow down and smell the roses 🌹 and enjoy what I have... it isnt always about finding the next great thing 🤷♂️
I agree with you it's difficult to find niche that come out with releases that have soul and uniqueness today. They are around but the people want safe, fresh, clean and expensive. It's either recycled ideas or fancy patented synthetic ingredients neither are moving. But I'm just going to allow the young people and young adults to enjoy the control they have over this industry!
Thanks for watching & commenting Yu Phan 🤌🤌
Brilliant rant.
Sometimes the Ramble 🐏 just comes out 😂😂😂
Thanks so much for watching & commenting 🍻
I got another 100 ml Eurocos UK Boss Number 1 for 90$. Why would I pay the same for a 30 ml sub. The narrative behind Bianchi brand and website, is advertising air.
Unfortunately I fear you are right Toronto Sam 😔
Thanks for watching & congrats on the UK Boss Number One 🍯
I own Lost in Heaven and Etruscan Water, and that common foundation between them is astonishing. It's like one is a clear flanker of the other, and my nose interprets them as the same fragrance, just one is for the daytime, and the other for evening. As for The Dark Side - this is still the number 1 most repulsive fragrance I have ever smelled. It's been too long for me to remember what it was about it, but something in there really started to get me nauseated if I smelled it for too long. I seem to remember feeling that the fragrance was at odds with itself and my nose interpreted it as something foul and unnatural.
Interesting take on the dark side..luckily I didnt have that reaction but I definately didnt like it as much as The Lover's Tale ❤️
Thanks so much for watching & commenting Norwyn 🥂
We have depleted the natural resources is one thing. Human greed is another.
This is spot on Johannah .. well said
Black Knight and Libertine Neroli are my favorites from this house!!!
I also like a lot Etruscan Water but i can't decide if it's a perfume appropriate for human skin or more like a suitable scent for a 6 star hotel's lobby in Maldives.
I know exactly what you mean! I have a full bottle of Etruscan Water & will review it on of these days... its okay but not amazing IMHO 🤷🏻♂️
I own all her perfumes, incl Cuir Soyeux ltd and Divine Perversion. And wearing them all quite a lot. Some have similarities, some are very different.
I didn't like them all equally at first sniff, but all her perfumes tend to grow on me. Some need time.
Grtz from Belgium
Thanks so much for watching & commenting Wim 🍻
Is that a broken vial?! 🐏🦆
Clumsy Ram 🐏🦆
@@RamseytheRam oh no! We've all done it, at least it was just a sample
I though EXACTLY the same thing 😂😂😂
Most of today's perfumery is shite. The classics will always be the best. You have to look in a haystack in today's releases to find a good one, and when u do they will probably reformulate it later. Even some of the big niche houses that are over priced don't always get it right. I have come across niche releases where the individual ingredients are better than the final product. Sometimes even the amazing description of the release is all just hype. Maybe that's also the case with many of today's products save for the advancement in tech products.
Man you guys are killing the comments on this one .. I 100% agree... today so much of what we have it just shite... great we have technoligical advances ... doesnt matter if most of the country (and world) is eating shite wearing shite and smelling shite and hearing shite (this one might be worst between the music & the "news" we have to put up with its brutal) 😂😂😂
Did you try out Sticky Fingers? It resembles Bentley for Men Intense. What are your thoughts?
Never tried sticky fingers... but I have a FB playlist with the 3 I have smelled so far, under my skin, The lovers Tale & Dark side....
I do have more FB samples I havent talked about yet so more FB content to come soon 🙂
@@RamseytheRam great input!!
Hey Ram, you are looking at her collection the wrong way! These are all FLANKERS. Treat them as such. The entire line is hot air. You have Entruscan, that’s the best one. Perfumers nowadays are lazy ducks - they create one DNA and rinse, repeat, repurpose, leverage the duck out of it .I was a teenager in the 80’s, we were the Fragrance Kings.
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You may be right... these do feel like flankers now that you mention it 🤔🤔👀
with you all the way Sam, teenagers from the 80's were the kings. 😆It seems to get something eciting and different that you used to get from designers you now have to buy niche,, or you buy the designer "premium" lines. We now have a luxury category (i would think niche is luxury if you measure by vale) and the cost per ml is crazy. The good news is that some of the older fragrances are still around and as long as they have not been reformulated to death are great and often very cheap,,, my favorurite old cheapie is Lagerfeld classic it brings back memories but I don't think it smells old at all...
I'M A BIGG FAN OF THA DARK SIDE...EYE STILL HAVE 2 TRY A LOVER'S TALE...MY SOTD EIGHT & BOB ANNICKE 5....RUM...HONEY...PLUM....
CARAMEL....VANILLA & PATCHOULI....GOTT IT ON AMAZON 4 50 CLAMZ....COULDN'T BELIEVE IT...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ CONTENT MY G
Nice! Never smelled a single Eight & Bob Julio... one day I will get my nose on the house ✌️
More masculin or feminine?
Pretty unisex from my memory
Thanks for watching🙂