 Initio Parfumes Side Effect. Hey, what's up guys, it's Josh here today. I want to do a little review on this Initio Parfumes Side Effect. My apologies if I'm saying that wrong. And I saw somebody asking the question, should I get Herod or should I get Side Effect? And I was like, you know, I've never really tried this Side Effect, but if you're comparing it to Herod, don't be very insured to see if I like it, things like that, because everything that's kind of similar to Herod, I seem to really like like tobacco veneer. This fragrance is actually a little bit more simple than Herod, and I think it is also more expensive. I forget how much it is for the bottle, but it is definitely more expensive than Herod. This little 3 mil was actually pretty expensive. There's a reason I did not get a 5 mil. I've actually tested this fragrance out quite a bit. There's some times when I sprayed it up, trying to get it full wear on. There's been several, several times where I'll spray it on a hand and just kind of get whiffs of it later throughout the day. So I definitely have a pretty good pin down opinion of this one. I just looked up the notes before I shoot in this video. It only has four notes, and those notes are rum, vanilla, tobacco, and cinnamon. Now, a lot of those notes have been in fragrances before. Very few times have you seen it be that simple. There's a little bit of something extra in here. Maybe it's just my nose or whatever, but I smell something that I feel like is not in the notes. I don't know if it's some sort of frankincense or myrrh or some sort of exotic kind of oomph or smell in here. Personally, that I smell that smells different than rum, vanilla, tobacco, and cinnamon, but I do kind of see where they're coming from. It does have a lot of those vibes. So the pros of this fragrance is that it is a niche level nighttime fragrance. Probably a little bit more for the mature crowd, but still very, very high quality, very niche and very nighttime in my opinion. This is definitely better for the cold weather as well. A very simple nighttime fragrance that's trying to do simple, but in a robust, good way. Those are pretty much the only pros that does smell 100%. Like a niche fragrance, it doesn't have any of those off-putting vibes that you would find in designers and it is better for mature people and it is better for night. Those are pretty much my only pros of this fragrance. So let's jump into the cons of this fragrance. The cons is that it is very pricey. It is pretty expensive. When you compare it to all the part rooms to Marley's they have such a affordable price, things like that. Compared to this, this is even more money. In my opinion, it doesn't do anything extra besides part rooms to Marley's. It is definitely pretty pricey. It has a little bit of that note that's just not for me. Now I will say probably about four out of the five times that I test this, I smell this off-putting vibe or this off-putting note that I don't like but there are a few times where it does have this simple sweetness like when you look at the notes, rum, vanilla, tobacco, cinnamon, it seems like it's going to be extremely likable. Just extremely inoffensive if you like those notes like I do and there's times where I just smell a very pleasant nighttime scent but then there are times where I smell that note that I just don't like. If anything, I guess it would be the rum but I've smelled rum in other fragrances and it's just a little bit more likable to me in other fragrances. Average to slightly above average projection. The projection is in the middle, it's okay but usually when you go to niche style fragrances and tobacco style fragrances you usually get an extra oomph like tobacco of my knee or red tobacco. It has insane longevity and projection. So this one just has pretty average longevity and projection. I guess if I had to put another con it would be that it's also not so good for the younger crowd in my opinion and it's also not that good for the heat but besides that, I don't really have too many good things or too many bad things to say about it. It just is a very, very likable, very niche night time style fragrance, more mature and it has a little bit of a note that I'm not the biggest fan of but there are times where that goes away. Not too many pros, not too many cons with this one. So let's jump into the rating. For the smell rating, I personally give this between a 7.5 to an eighth. Now I totally understand people if you wanted to give this an 8.5 to a nine for you personally, it is very high quality. Almost every time I wore this, I found myself a little bit struggling to like it and struggling to kind of get into it and the times that I did like it it was when it was very simple and very straightforward kind of the smell so it wasn't overly impressive. I'm gonna have to give it a 7.5 to an eight for me personally and then the likability I'm gonna have to give this a 7 to a 7.5 maybe even a solid 7.5 it does have elements that are likable but for me, there's so many fragrances that I think smell good and this is one of those ones that I just was struggling to like. I'm guessing it's that rum note. It almost smells like a kind of like a frankincense or a myrrh that's just not for me. So I'm gonna have to give likability. I'll give it a solid 7.5 because it does have elements that are likable and longevity and projection I give this a 7.5 to an eight. I would say it's slightly above average. I think this is an older fragrance so most of the time if a fragrance has been out for about five years or so it is more than likely going to be reformulated which I assume this was reformulated as well. 7.5 to an eight for longevity and projection. Who do I recommend this for? I'd recommend this for older gentlemen looking for a nighttime style fragrance. I definitely would sample it before you buy for me personally just to see if you pick up on those nuances like I do maybe you even like those little nuances that this has maybe it's for you for me it wasn't for me personally but an older gentlemen style fragrance for the more cold and more nighttime that's who I would recommend this for but did you have a better experience with this fragrance? Have you tried an older version and was it stronger or better back then? I'll be very interested to see down below most of the time I like almost all niche tobacco style fragrances and this one it's not the worst thing I've ever smelled but I was definitely struggling to like it and even when I was spraying it up before I was even doing this review I'm getting whiffs of it right now and like it's just not my favorite personally although it doesn't really smell bad it's just not my favorite but anyways guys we're on the road of 50,000 subscribers and I couldn't do without any of you guys so I hope you guys are the best I'm having a great day out here hopefully having a great day at home see you all in the next video peace