Initial Reaction and Ranking to Popular Montblanc Fragrances (Legend, Explorer, Starwalker & More)
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
- If you're looking for great/safe choices when it comes to entry level fragrances, look no further than Montblanc. In this video we'll be reacting to some initial sprays by a few fragrances from this brand. We'll also tell you which fragrances are our favorite and least favorite. For those of you just getting started with your collection, we hope this helps.
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Table of Contents
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Montblanc Legend
2:17 - Montblanc Legend Spirit
3:43 - Montblanc Explorer
4:55 - Montblanc Starwalker
5:55 -Montblanc Individuel
7:29 - Favorite & Least Favorite
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I have literally hundreds of fragrances and strangely Montblanc Individual is one of my most complimented. I have had people I have never met or even heard of or seen before come up to me and say how beautiful my cologne is.
One of my favorites of all time tbh
My wife loves Spirit,I lean towards O/Parisi Bergamask and Xerjoff Alexandria Orientale
Explorer isnt Aventus, it has his own personalty and for the price I can't name a better fragrance. Period.
good thing I came to this video for your opinion
It smells probably 85% like Aventus, don't kid yourself.
I smelled them side by side and you're crazy if you don't think they are nearly identical
Is Explorer Edt or Edp better?
I didn't find a Creed Aventus vibe with Explorer because I have Aventus so why would I buy a clone and I also have Club de Nuit Intense Man which is more of a Aventus clone and a tenth of the price.
Fast becoming one of my top 3 reviewers. Great content, professional and classy.
2 people reviewing ✔
Male, female points of view ✔
Special guest testers ✔
Fabulous looking couple ✔
Great reviews ✔
Been wearing Explorer for over 2 years. Just smelled Legend Spirit in store the other day and immediately fell in love. Half to buy it now! I’m also interested in Legend Night but haven’t found it to test yet.
As a watch fan that's just getting deeper into fragrances it's nice to see a familiar face. I just bought Legend Spirit and my first impression is good, going to check how it wears at work and at the pub in the coming days.
Me too. Been into watches since 2018, fragrances since 2021
Legend Spirit lasts all day for me. I spray it on in the morning, go to work, and when I get home it's still there. I smell it throughout the day. It has a pretty linear smell for the first hour or so but it settles nicely on the skin and becomes more natural especially when you sweat. I spray 8-10 times including on clothing.
I'm in the same boat. This has been my daily wear for some time now and I love it. I tried it on as a sample and immediately new it was my next purchase. I usually do 3 sprays and it lasts all day!
No wonder it lasts so long on you; 8-10 sprays
Omgosh! Teddy, I didn’t know you had a fragrance channel! I like Montblanc quite a bit. My favorite is the Legend Spirit for my daily drive. I’m thinking of getting the Explorer for my next one.
I love this series since a lot of fragrance CZcamsrs only talks about one maybe two fragrance from one brand.
love the insight, and presentation, Mont blanc legend spirit is my go to daily fragrance, explorer is just a bit more expensive but i want to add it my collection.
Starwalker is pretty nice. I own Legend, Individuel and Starwalker.
I don’t own Explorer but I have sampled it. It’s nice if you don’t own CDIM, but it wouldn’t replace it.
I’ve sampled Legend Spirit as well, but I already own a half a dozen similar fragrances and a couple of them are very good.
As you guys say, they are all nice.
My ratings…
1. Explorer
2. Starwalker
3. Legend
4. Legend Spirit
5. Individuel
Starwalker is such a relaxing and unique fragrance. I love it.
My most favourite perfume of all time. Love Starwalker
It's so bloody good, it's fairly unique but never offends anyone. It's definitely a little weak compared to the stronger scents but it's amazing for your own nose.
Fr these fools downplayed it shows they don’t know about fragrances “it’s okay it’s safe” like bruh I’ve had $300 colognes that are below starwalker, it ranks up with ysl imo
Keep us the great videos guys!!! Look forward to seeing when a new video has popped up.
Actually smelled Legend Spirit on someone at work and asked them what it was because I liked it so much. I've really enjoyed it. The initial like "pop" maybe doesn't last as long but for me the dry down does and it smells even better.
Legend will always be my favourite!! Untouchable
Legend Spirit lasts pretty good, especially for an aquatic. I do spray a bunch of it, but it’s not expensive, and you can spray as much as you want without offending anyone.
The synthetic feel of it reminds me of an aquatic Dylan Blue…I’ve actually sprayed this during the day, and Dylan Blue over top in the evening.
I do the same, I do the machinegun 👏🏼
Do more one brand videos! I personally loved it
I second
We can do more of these! Thanks for the feedback, Jacob!
@@BaldassarreFragrance Azzaro, YSL, and Versace are my votes haha!
@@BaldassarreFragrance Please, do videos for Hermes, Mancera and Laliqie
I’d be curious for the Givenchy line. Gentleman EDT, EDP, Gentleman Only.
I would love to see a video on the best wedding fragrances for a groom to wear. It’ll be interesting to see both of your perspectives on this
The lady knows her stuff.
Explorer is definitely the best, absolutely love it.
Abercrombie and Fitch fierce was my high school and college fragrance. Always brings me memories. The mont blanc explorer is really good
Legend Spirit is my son's. It's his first fragrance and he took a long time choosing it. He smelled and tried out so many. (Thank you Nordstrom's South Coast Plaza for putting up with him over the months!) He wanted the Explorer because he says "it smells like me." But for a teenager his mom thought it was a little bit too grown up (he's only 15.) He sprays it on in the morning before class. I can smell it on him at dinner. Nice inoffensive. Kind of generic. I swear I smelled it somewhere, but it's cheap and readily available anywhere. I didn't know it was so popular, but I can see why.
Great video guys, I have all 5 as of just yesterday when I picked up Starwalker! I would rank a little different than both of you! I love Legend Spirit, Explorer, and Individuel. Starwalker is very simple but pleasant smelling to me, then I have Legend in a somewhat distant last place
that's so funny! I recently purchased all 5 of these as well! They were all at very good prices between $20 and $29 so I couldn't resist! Every one of them is a good fragrance that's versatile and very wearable. I especially like Starwalker as it comes off as very soft but it lasts pretty well and stays on the skin well. It is somewhat of a unique fragrance too as fresh fragrances go.
From where I couldn't find for under 70
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You both, have influenced my collection.
I really LOVE THIS channel's taste in Fragrance.
8-)
Very nice video! I was wondering how the MB Starwalker compares with the new release MB Explorer Blue. Have you guys checked on that new cologne?
I get about 2-4 hours with legend spirit. It’s what I reach for every time I go to the gym. I get compliments on it all the time.
Individuel to me is a sandalwood soap in a bottle. Not a fan, gets better in the drydown but Explorer and Legend Spirit is the way to go from this line. Legend, good compliment getter too.
I wish more people would pull focus on the Legend EDP, the one with the black cap. It’s so much better than the EDT
Legend Spirit is my favorite here, it's even my 2nd favorite out of my over 60 fragrances collection, I recommend it. 👍
is it suitable for 25-30yo? compared to Explorer
@@vk69525 Any age is fine imo. It's even easier to use than Explorer.
I have and like Explorer as well and recently bought a 3.0 oz bottle of Reyane Tradition's Insurrection II Pure. It smells very much like Explorer and I picked that up for $25! It seems well worth the price to me!
I'm a nurse and Explorer is my work fragrance! It's professional but not offensive to the patients.
Explorer will always have my heart, blind-bought it back in 2019 and I was so happy with myself HAHA Its one of those very versatile fragrances which I feel so safe to wear at any point in time. Getting my 2nd bottle in the mail today actually after a couple of months of not having it in my arsenal and just living off a travel decant of whatever's left. I just couldn't delay not having it. For me, if it comes to sort of like "Clones" of Aventus, I don't think it is very much. Its really a scent on it's own, woodier and abit fruitier in my opinion to Creed's & a 1000X better than Club De Nuit Intense.
Club De Nuit Intense out of all the "clones" for me, just doesn't cut it. I respect the people who do like it but its so so dense for me even after the dry-down. Like the "alcoholism" of it lingers forever :(
Are you sure you actually know your aftershaves Explorer has a longevity of 2 hrs max and that's being generous and it made of 70% alcohol? Club de nuit has the longest longevity out of the Creed clones and goes from the top note the middle and the base especially the EDP version, and I've been buying Creed for years. The club de nuit EDP version is like a grenade it's hard to believe it's less than £30. After the top note settles you aren't meant to smell aftershave on yourself but you can smell club de nuit all day long. I tried something different this year as Creed are always reformulating Aventus What's better than Explorer and Club de nuit is L'adventre but club de nuit for £25 is insane for it's aventus clone smell the longevity is insane explores has the worst longevity of a EDP fragrance I've ever seen even aftershaves from poundstrechers last longer than it, it's because of the insane alcohol content. What was good about not buying creed this year I discovered Tom Ford Oud wood this has to be the best fragrance I've smelled in my life but it's £220 for a tiny bottle.
@@JinxTheCat_plays For me, I'm based in Singapore and its hot and humid af all year round. Using Club De Nuit here is a mess but sure if it works for you wherever you are then that's cool mann. Happy for you. I've bought Aventus once for my Dad and he loves it. Oud Wood's great too, but I prefer Tobacco Oud a lil bit more.
@@veralau7801 ye I get what your saying like wearing Oud wood on hot days and summer days doesn’t go too well but it smells lovely on evening nights and cold autumn winter days. I love Aventus as the temp here in the rarely goes above 30c hardly ever I’ve found Aventus to be a all round all season scent. But this time instead of getting a new bottle I bought club de nuit EDT EDP L’Aventre and Mont Blanc explorer I know decent scents smell and react differently to each person but I found club de nuit EDT good for work and the limited edition of EDP to be a steal and longevity is insane for under £30. What I’m really gutted about big time is Explorer mount Blanc big time I’ve never seen a scent that’s gone so fast it doesn’t even have time to hit the middle notes the sillage and the projection is only about a meter away for the first hr I’ve tried it on different people then asked somebody 2 hrs later if they can smell mount Blanc or aftershave and could only barely smell it when the guys in work I tested it on put their wrists up to the nose. If you want longevity I’d suggest you try L’Aventre by Alharmain if club de nuit doesn’t work for you. Or as you said you live in Singapore it’s that part of the world the Mont Blanc copy’s come from so maybe you are lucky the copy’s are actually better than the real ones and actually have a longevity of many hrs not 1-2 hrs 2 hrs is a massive stretch.
@@JinxTheCat_plays Oh mann, perhaps that would be the case. Like if we're talking Mont Blanc products, the best ones for me would be Explorer and Legend EDP. Like those 2 were so versatile for me and I could fetch a good 5-6 hours, well into a work day kinda thing. Though a part of me does feel that the scent has dulled down a little bit too from my 1st bottle of Explorer. But I dont know if there's any change in formulation/older batch issues or just because I'm so so used to the scent. But my 2nd bottle's performance works similarly. Zara's Vibrant Leather's a great alternative too. I would wear Aventus myself but the price it bags here retail in Singapore is insane.
@@JinxTheCat_plays do you know your fragrances bro explorer lasts 6 hours
When are we gonna get a Q&A from you two?
Love your videos btw!
Explorer is great for a consistent alternative to Aventus. I like Legend Spirit but already have Rasasi Hawas which is a longer lasting (if more youthful) version of the same Invictus Aqua DNA
Hawas is a bomb
I am interested in Explorer.
I have tried Legend and Legend Spirit and like both of them, with the edge going to Legend.
I like Legend Spirit! Something I wear to the gym and use at my Personal Training work 💪🏽
i think the main mistake people make when they review fragrances is smelling it right off the bat. and not only that, but also smelling it to the touch. most fragrances smell better when smelled in the air, especially individuel
I own Legend and just smelled Explorer yesterday, but would need to smell them side by side to make a choice.
Starwalker is my dad's signature scent, he's been buying this for years. I always used Starwalker in high school, but now I have two favorites from Montblanc, it's hard to decide which I prefer between Explorer and Legend Night.
I have used Legend spirit, Legend and individuel. I love most the Legend spirit to the extent that I bought a new bottle. The second runner was the Legend and my least favorite is the Individuel (NB. The Individuel bottle is almost full as I use it very rarely).
I have a new sealed Explorer. Can't wait to try it.
Got a new content idea!
1st: call for a fashion selfie showing their personal style.
2nd: make a cologne suggestion based on their style. It could be a suggestion for the current season, a versatile signature scent, or via a request attached to the picture.
I have already made this suggestion to a few of my other favorite cologne channels, but this idea actually came from content Courtney has done before rating people’s style.
Totally agree with the girl
1 Legend
2 Explore
Please post more consistently 🥺
Just received legend spirit and Explorer in the mail today. Explorer is an EDP concentration however. Both excellent
i bought the mont blanc spirit a few days ago online. it hasnt gotten hear yet, but i smelled it at an department stor and loved it. couldnt stop smellig myself.hands down one of the best, simple but not cheap smelling, jeans and a tshirt or polo, not trying too hard, summer, sping time, in offensive, laxadazical scents ever in my novice opinion
Great description. It’s a great fresh, laidback fragrance
Courtney really liked JOOP Homme ,that's said to be similar to Individuel😁!
On my experience, Legend Spirit has a decent performance, it's scent is sort of heat-activated
Legend EDP is nice.it has more go in it then the EDT.Legend Red has just come out but not smelt it yet.
I haven’t smelled Legend Spirit in a long time, but the first time I smelled it in at a store I remember thinking it smelled like juicy fruit gum? No idea why, but I was turned off to it for that reason. I get a lot of good reactions with Explorer though and have great memories of wearing legend back when it was first released.
Can you do ralph lauren fragrances next? polo red, deep blue, polo sport fresh, polo cologne "intense", double black, etc
Or hugo boss fragrances? the scent private accord, the scent le parfum, boss bottled collector EDP, boss bottled united, boss bottled unlimited, boss bottled tonic, boss bottled marine, hugo boss in motion, hugo boss iced, hugo boss reversed, hugo boss now, etc...
I am surprised they left MB Night out. It is my go to casual evening sent. Nothing fancy or extreme. Very easy and lasts pretty well.
The thing about Individuel is that I can never figure out what occasions to wear it. I think it is too sweet for an office daytime or casual fragrance, but I don't think it is refined enough for a night out or dressy occasion. For me, it's a fragrance that has no role.
@baldasaare Fragrance if you had to choose one mont blanc fragrance for life which one it would be?
I would love to see battles between:
Legend vz Abercrombie vz PDM Percival
Explorer vz CDI vz Aventus
Spirits Vz invictus aqua vz Awas
I love when you have a group of ppl, and they blind smell them, and give their honest opinions.
I think that will be a great set of battle videos
Legend spirit, in hot snd humid countries like where im from, last a good 8 to 9 hours. At least on my skin. I dont even overspray, 4 sprays only.
Legend spirit and Explorer are 🔥🔥🔥
Would love to hear opinion on Platinum as well
Regarding Legend Spirit; The first smell at the cap was disappointing and reminded me of cheap Rexona brand antiperspirant. But on skin smelled great in the opening and even better in the dry down, sure is very light and fleeting in cooler climate controlled environments but seems to keep going and going with heat or when sun hits you or clothes you have sprayed. 4 sprays I can detect 6-8hrs later. Gets a few compliments and is an easy everyday wearable scent. 7.5/10
I have legend spirit. On my skin it lasts 5 to 6 hours. Smells great.
Absolutely Legend Spirit. I get most compliment with that.
Have all of them. Individuel is my favorite and most complemented. So clean, so fresh, with a hint of raspberry. Some of the best reactions and complements of my entire collection came from Individuel. Also very long lasting.
Starwalker is my “go to bed” fragrance. Very relaxing and easy to wear.
Spirit is nothing more than a gym fragrance. An Invictus clone basically. I’d recommend Hawas a million times over.
I don’t share the same nostalgia that some have for A&F so legend is just ok.
have to agree with you on this one you are 100 percent correct I love individual it's my total favourite then explorer.
man, its crazy, i love throwing starwalker on in the evening after a shower, its very relaxing and calming to me! i just with the performance was better.
Blind bought Individuel, smells good during colder days but it sucks during those super hot days tbh and quite frankly never really liked it, Explorer has been very good so far tho
@@josh2x59 That's interesting, I actually like it better in the warm weather. It projects a lot better in the heat.
which one is the longer lasting? cuz i like them all the same i dont have any favs tbh especially because i want a dumb reach and these are all very mass appealing and good to me, but still i want the longer lasting!
Explorer, legend ispirit , starwalker 😍
Explorer is one of my favorites
Nice!! Please make one video about Hugo Boss bottled and flankers
Great review....
do more of ranking specific brand's popular fragrances like versace and bvlgari
What does EDT mean for the concentration description?
Mont Blanc is a great designer fragrance, you need to find Star Walker extreme really nice. I really like Explorer and I like the Emblem Intense. Also Presence is a little better than Individual, but what amazes me is you all dislike it and most of the other fragrance reviewers adore it, especially Jeramy.
I too have the cinnamon vibe on individual
love mont blanc, I have legend spirit you are correct no longevity 2 hours most great for the gym that's about all.
totally live Explorer great longevity lasts a very long time on me my all time fav is individual I totally love it the best lasts for hours the longest lasting gets better the longer you wear it thats my favourite out of all of mine then explorer but then again it's subjective everyone is different we all have different skin types..
I own Explorer and Legend Spirit.
Really surprising to hear that neither of you really care for Individuel. That’s such a beautiful, clean smelling fragrance. I keep a bottle of that around at all times since it’s so cheap. Only drawback is it performs very poorly. You know it’s a good scent when Creed copies its DNA for Original Santal!
It’s interesting that MB colognes are cheapies considering the brand is high end in terms of pens and bags and accessories etc.
Picked up Starwalker blind at TJ MAXX for $25
Good deal
A good one. Do give Presence a try, it's beautiful :)
Great video but it would be nice to see her smell the swab as well. Other wise fantastic job and I'll be watching more of your videos.
Starwalker Extreme is really good. Check that one out too.
Please do Givenchy, Bvlgari and/or Azzaro next. In that order please lol. Thanks!
Could you guys review
Baldessarini
Bentley
Fragrances?
Mont Blanc explorer is sensational it last all day and it is the evil twin or cousin to creed adventus.
Can somebody help me to find a perfume that i dont remember much about it, except that it was a simple seethrough bottle, the bottle had a big 1 on it ( not paco rabbane 1 million) written with black and under the big nr.1 logo it was listed the components of the perfume. it was very simplistic. If anyone have something in mind please let me know !! love
Individuel is definitely my favorite, Creed stole the DNA and made Santal
MontBlanc Starwalker is amazing
Favorites are Lacoste blanc monteblanc spirit dolce Gabbana light blue Gucci guilty all smell safe and amazing
I can say that legend spirit's opening is similar to Luna rossa oceans opening imo.
I want to buy starwalker for so long, but it just doesn’t last and is so weak :/ I always pick up something stronger and longer lasting, when buying a fragrance.
Individuel is a Gem!
So you guys have the concentration of explorer as EDT it's actually EDP
Spirit lasts a while on me, but I don't really like it to deodorant like . Smells like Sure or Right Guard. Explorer is great, individual good.
I’ve got what I consider nice colognes but my wife really loves Spirit,I’ll take O/Parisi Bergamask and Xerjoff Alexandria Orientale.
Bought legend spirit's decant a month ago and im glad i didnt buy a full bottle like i wanted to innitially. Opening is very nice, but for me drydown smells extremely synthetic, its very agressive for my nose and it seems like staying forever on cloths, atleast for 3-4 days. On skin its about 5-7 hours i would say.
Hard pass on this ons for me, however i instantly fell in love with explorer, eventho i didnt smell any aventus-like frags before
I feel the same about legend
@@GiacomoMiola wooops, i meant legend spirit, forgot to add a second word.
Please do the prada luna rossa line
Nice suggestion! I have liked everything I have tried from that line. Among Prada's best!
Got mont black legend spirit recently and I have to say it's late 6 to 7 hours on me
Individuel is my favorite, reminds me of fabric softener
Also do more of the blind reaction videos!
Explorer is EDP right??
I’m an older man and I think Legend works perfectly for me 😂
Legend spirit performance’s for me here in Florida is perfect bc of the humidity, I have 0 issues with it. Honestly, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve switched to Mont Blanc’s “versions” of fragrances bc they’re cheaper and you get a better bang for your buck than their more expensive counterparts. I’m not a fan of waisting hundreds of dollars on a weak reformulated fragrance. The newer Creed Aventus bottle’s performance are a joke when compared to their OG form. Explorer out performs Aventus imo in every way now, just like Creeds dupe of Individuel (Santal) outperformed the og back in the day. Now Individuel outperforms the dupe lol Hell, even Armaf clones of Creed smell more like OG Creed than the new Creed bottles do.
Individuell smells synthetic but the scent trail is so nice und the more often you smell this one you’ll get used to the syntheticness
Is Explorer EDP?