Join Myke and Ryan for an olfactory escapade as they unveil the secrets of Eau De Moe's Tariq, a fragrance that's not just a scent but a tribute to the familial bonds that shape us. The episode unwraps the essence of brotherhood through the prism of this unique fragrance, as we reflect on our own experiences with sibling relationships and their deep impact on our lives. But that's not all; our Patreon supporters are in for a treat with a special giveaway, while we also circle back to the distinctive personality of Philip Plein's No Limits, stirring up the question - is it worth adding to your collection?
As the scent of cardamom weaves through the air, we analyze a fragrance that cuts through the noise of designer perfumes with its sophisticated smoothness. It's like the reassuring hug of a big brother, enveloping you with warmth and a sweetness that's reminiscent yet uniquely its own. Sharing an anecdote of our encounter with Moe, the man behind the magic, we illustrate how his genuine warmth and generosity are embodied in every note of this creation. It's a story of trust, comfort, and that irreplaceable feeling of having someone in your corner - the very ethos of a big brother's embrace.
Our conversation then meanders through the broader scent landscape, where we celebrate the authenticity and heartfelt connections within the fragrance community, especially those sparked at Milan's fragrance event. The episode highlights the importance of crafting scents that carry personal significance, weaving the love for a family member into an aroma that you can wear and cherish. So if you're a fragrance aficionado or just someone who appreciates the deeper narratives behind a perfume, this aromatic journey with Myke, Ryan, and the spirit of Moe promises to be as enriching as it is enlightening.
Join Myke and Ryan for an olfactory escapade as they unveil the secrets of Eau De Moe's Tariq, a fragrance that's not just a scent but a tribute to the familial bonds that shape us. The episode unwraps the essence of brotherhood through the prism of this unique fragrance, as we reflect on our own experiences with sibling relationships and their deep impact on our lives. But that's not all; our Patreon supporters are in for a treat with a special giveaway, while we also circle back to the distinctive personality of Philip Plein's No Limits, stirring up the question - is it worth adding to your collection?
As the scent of cardamom weaves through the air, we analyze a fragrance that cuts through the noise of designer perfumes with its sophisticated smoothness. It's like the reassuring hug of a big brother, enveloping you with warmth and a sweetness that's reminiscent yet uniquely its own. Sharing an anecdote of our encounter with Moe, the man behind the magic, we illustrate how his genuine warmth and generosity are embodied in every note of this creation. It's a story of trust, comfort, and that irreplaceable feeling of having someone in your corner - the very ethos of a big brother's embrace.
Our conversation then meanders through the broader scent landscape, where we celebrate the authenticity and heartfelt connections within the fragrance community, especially those sparked at Milan's fragrance event. The episode highlights the importance of crafting scents that carry personal significance, weaving the love for a family member into an aroma that you can wear and cherish. So if you're a fragrance aficionado or just someone who appreciates the deeper narratives behind a perfume, this aromatic journey with Myke, Ryan, and the spirit of Moe promises to be as enriching as it is enlightening.
Hello everybody, welcome to the Cologne Podcast. I'm Mike and I'm Ryan we're two best friends.
Myke:Some would say we're brothers. Yeah, we've heard that a lot.
Ryan:On a fragrance journey, smelling fragrances, some dedicated to brothers, yeah, and giving you uneducated opinions yeah, and today we have a special one, actually from a fellow friend of the podcast for a long time now, who runs Kajal. Yeah, this would be Moe, and this is actually a sister brand of that that he started called Ode Moe.
Myke:Yes, and all of the fragrances are dedicated to his family members, one of which I got to meet over in Milan. Hopefully get to see him again here pretty soon, you're literally about to leave for Milan before this goes out.
Ryan:Mike keeps saying this he's like it feels like it happened like three or five months ago. Yeah, and it's been a year already.
Myke:It fucking flew by. Man. Time goes by so fast and, honestly, stuff like this, like this fragrance our friendship. This really is an Ode, maybe, To Moe. Well, no, just to like the things that actually matter in life. Yeah for sure, and I do like the direction that Moe is going with this. Each one of these, I think, is dedicated to maybe two sisters his mother and his brother. I think is how it goes, and this one, specifically, Tariq, is dedicated to his brother and us being so close.
Myke:Ron, we're not brothers, but close as well be yeah close enough to being brothers, we can understand the importance of what our relationship has in our life, and it sounds like, just from reading through some of the things that he said, that equally so, yeah, his brother has that important place in his life. So we're going to get into Tariq. It's a newer fragrance, this is a newer house, and I had just heard about it last Milan, yeah, from Chris Fragmental of all people, and so after I got back I didn't even contact Moe, actually just went to the website and purchased basically a sample set of the four fragrances, and they were so generous enough to send me a couple of full fragrances and then samples of the other two. So we have a full bottle of this and I think we're going to give it away on the Patreon.
Ryan:I think that would be great. I think that's a good idea. It looks. The bottle, the box looks great. I love the design. You can definitely see where this and Kajal have like a link.
Myke:Yes, yeah, the packaging is great. I love how this folds out, comes out like a book. It's got a like a magnetic opening part to it, so we're going to get into this fragrance. First we've got to go back in time to Philip Pline with our one night stand review. Hit the music, todd, yeah.
Ryan:One night stand review. Well, Mike, after spending the night in a luxurious bed made for a dog better than your own bed at the house with Philip Pline, what do you have to say about no limits?
Ryan:Yeah, it got pretty good, it really did it's strong too, super strong, and I'm here to tell you I don't know what's going on. I don't know how to explain the scent other than I mentioned it before. It was like three different things, but one of them that stood out was like this doctor office vibe. Later we're sitting here, me and Mike. I was like it's kind of got that smell when they put that gas mask on. Yeah, the dinners, the laughing gas, I don't know how to explain it, but it smelled more and more like either a doctor's or a dentist's office, something going on. It's pleasant because it's like nostalgic to me. Yeah, it smells really good and for that price point to smell kind of niche straight up, pretty fucking good.
Myke:So I'm still with a buy it's got to be the cheapest way to buy a fragrance in that type of profile of a fragrance that we've smelled other ones and they're hefty and price tag. But this, surprisingly, is affordable and it does smell great. It just had 10 minutes of rough upfront for me on the skin. On the card it was beautiful Tester strip, but on the body, on my skin, it just there was 10 minutes. That I did not love it, but it got to a point where I even enjoyed it as well. And are you?
Ryan:changing your opinion of the sample or do you still stick in sticking with the same? I was keeping my mouth. It's cheap.
Myke:I know, I still think if it's a buy, buy the smaller one, you may love it and then you know. Then you can buy the bigger bottle of it. But it's worth smelling. It really is, especially if you're a gentleman or someone who's into masculine fragrances 30s and up, you know, I would even say 35 and up. It is on the mature side. But for the price tag it's definitely a hard, hard sample. Yeah, I mean, you're not going to buy a sample for this, but I would just say lean in with the smaller one first if you're really interested. But it does have that ultra clean, soapy leathery. It had that vibe. It did have a slightly medicinal type thing that you were saying. Yeah, but those first 10 minutes were not my favorite on the skin. I'm shocked.
Ryan:I am so shocked at that. One Just went in and just wanting to have fun with it because it's so ludicrous looking and the commercials silly and his life is crazy. But yeah, and the YouTubers were what I thought were shilling. They were not this one's good and therefore it's still a buy for me.
Myke:Okay, that sounds good. Let's jump into our center. The day Ryan Tariq by Ode Mo.
Ryan:All right, can I open it please? I do like the book thing. Listen to this guy's. It's sexy. Oh yeah, all right. And that is a big ass bottle, ok yeah, where are we at? On the size for this thing, this has got to be 100 ml or 80. 80 ml it feels bigger, ok.
Myke:Yep, and it's got gold around the rim of the box and on the inside is laser cut foam. Look sharp.
Ryan:Let's smell her Bad ass atomizer. There you go, ok.
Myke:Ok, I probably shouldn't want that hard. Yeah, I forgot. This thing is loud, very sweet. We don't claim to know many notes here on the clone podcast, but I will say that sort of familiar cardamom really pops hard.
Ryan:God. Is that not one of the most popular notes that gets dropped in any fragrance review?
Myke:I feel like it's always cardamom right, I don't know that I smell cardamom like this. This feels like very like a guy. I feel like I'm talking you know, bougie up here but I feel like it's a very cardamom forward fragrance. Very OK, I can get with you on that. Ok, it's like the big brother to like La Nui De Laum.
Ryan:I absolutely get that. It's not a one to one, but it is like, and if you like that, you would probably love this.
Myke:Yeah, I think so, like this has. You know, some of the designers kind of have like this weird, like the only way I can describe it is like the static type of smell that goes along with it. Yeah, la Nui De Laum has that, unfortunately, it's a great smelling fragrance. This doesn't have that. This is smooth when that static kind of starts on that. This has almost like this bubble gummy sort of sweetness.
Ryan:So just to go back on a stack some similar as well, like La Mal kind of has that. You know, I always talk about that like fringe on the edge kind of thing, in the scent Maybe so, but yeah, this is really smooth. I usually am not big on like I don't want to say this is like sweet, like Ramon is nothing like that, but you know how early on you're, like Mike always likes the sweet and spicy. This is done really well. I really like this.
Myke:Yeah, it almost has. Like on the tester strip it has like this kind of bubble gum thing that smells really good. Okay, it's almost like a La Nui De Laum Ultramall type thing. I don't think as sweet as the Ultramall, but not as, yeah, not as sweet. I'm just trying to paint you know gotcha Familiarities for the listeners out there but it is sweet and I want to say soft, but it's not really soft, it's pretty loud, yeah it's loud, I think it's sweet and smooth.
Ryan:Yeah, that's what I'm getting. I'm getting sweet, smooth, a little elegant. That's what I agree with the big brother to La Nui De Laum. So that makes me question Do you think this is a? Because they would say that's like the man of the night is what that stands for. Okay, do you feel like this is a man of the night kind of fragrance Cause I'm kind of getting that vibe personally.
Myke:Well, so I think the description that Mo kind of put up on the website was like his brother has this bright, jubilant sort of personality. I think that's what he's trying to get across in the fragrance. Gotcha Is like this bold warmth. I can't remember it word for word, but what I took away from it was like a very warm personality, a very bright, probably loving personality. It sounded like a very supportive personality and when you smell this you do get this warmth, you get this sweetness. It's got the tiniest little bit of citrus that gives you like kind of that bright bite to it.
Ryan:You know I'm probably going to make a terrible statement here, but just hear me out. I, you know me, I'm not a word, smith, like you. Okay, lord, I always have to say things. And then Mike like takes what I say and then he concocts it and decipher that. He spreads all the puzzle pieces. I was like, oh yeah, you said you wanted me to pick up milk. You know, that's like awesome, stupid, stupid. But when you just said all that, it just clicked in my head, inviting warm, whatever.
Ryan:It makes me think when and I'm playing into the, the role of what this is trying to be of, like this brother figure, they, even he says in the thing and we'll read that here but if we think about our relatives, they are familiar Eready, I can't say it. And there is something about that. It's like something you can always trust or it's like comforting, comforting trust. It's something you can always kind of go back to. And what I'm trying to say is, especially because you're like this is the big brother to like Laudanouid D'Alone, if you like that, you should love this right. I feel like it's that, like, if you've hoped I'm worded in this right, but all the things you've loved in the kind of the fragrance community right or the fragrance world and the familiarity to certain things you like.
Ryan:What you're saying this is cardamom forward. It plays into that to me my assumption yeah, it plays into that to me of something that you know and trust. It smells good, it's safe. I will say it's like it's office safe. It is loud but it's not like abrasive. Yeah, it's not like fill up plon and maybe that's what he means Like. Maybe his brother is like that, you know.
Myke:Yeah, when I kind of smell it, it is like that sort of comforting.
Myke:You know, like if I think, because I got to meet Moe in person, you know, finally, after we had really interacted with him for nearly two years on the podcast and meeting him in person and I can only assume his brother is the same way it makes sense.
Myke:Moe is very warm, inviting, very friendly, very considerate. You know, that was the one thing that I always kind of picked up was like he had so much to do last year at Assance, yeah, but he was constantly checking in, making sure I was just having a good time, yeah, and seeing what he could do for me. And with everything on your plate during that, to take that time and that to be a priority for you as well, I just kept saying, like man, it's unreal how nice and every time I'd be around somebody that like worked with them or said, you know, it's just like nothing but great things and I think, like somebody that radiates that sort of just feels good being around, them Just to like certify the statement that he is like a real person and not just like pushing stuff on us.
Ryan:Because, let me tell you, moe has if I'm just going to be real, he's helped in a lot of ways with this podcast being a part of it and like sending us things, or like this you bought one thing but you're sent another.
Myke:Yeah, like I bought a sample and he sent the bottle.
Ryan:Exactly and to say we're assholes on this a little bit, because this was over a year ago.
Myke:Yeah, it was right after I got back. So I mean, it's almost been a full year and this one we hadn't opened. The other ones, in fact, lean the one that's based around the sister that I got to meet, which was equally as sweet of a human, that one. We're actually going to do a little unboxing and do an episode for that as well. But we did open this one and we've smelled this one before, but it's been a year, yeah, because as soon as we got it I was like, oh man, I really want to see what this is like.
Ryan:Yeah.
Myke:And immediately we smell like oh, this is amazing. We're going to do an episode on this and it's just taken too long.
Ryan:It has, and that's why I was bringing it up, because this isn't the first time. I feel like we've done that to them. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, all to say, moe doesn't send this stuff to us, it's expecting us to like get on the horn immediately. Yeah, go buy this everyone. Dude, not even this, it's with Ferris, it's with Home 2. We never drag these things out immediately.
Myke:We're like hey, this is cool content for us to make you know, and that was always the understanding too they sent it and it was just. You know, we're not like the typical influencers that get the new releases. They send it out, you know, like it's a press release sort of a thing. Yeah, it's always been after. We've talked with him, we've caught up with him and, hey, this is cool. I really think you guys would like this Check this out, yeah, sort of a thing. So that's kind of what happened here Again, moe was in Milan for Kajal and I overheard Chris asking him about Ode Moe and he just said well, you know, I'm here in the Kajal capacity, so I don't mix these two things up.
Myke:If I'm here, I want to be committed to this thing that I'm here for. So that'll be after we knock this out. Then, you know, I'll talk to you about that. So he was a loyalty sort of.
Myke:I felt like around last year's Milan and around some of the Ferris and stuff like that, we went above and beyond just talking about how awesome he was. I feel like I could continue to do that. I feel you know the attributes that I saw in him. I really it sounds bad, but it's hard to believe that there are really genuine people still out there like that, and I think this is why I fight so hard, for some of the people in the fragrance community is like I continue to meet people like that, chris, tony Moe, getting around them and just seeing. We had just talked about this. Ryan and I were on a walk and we were talking about Milan and you had said can you imagine how terrifying it would have been if Chris wasn't there? Oh, it'd been crazy, it would have been overwhelming. Because I told him, even with the help of Chris, like and I'm a more outspoken sort of person, extroverted than you are, but still I don't get like recharged by it as much as just my battery takes longer to train than yours.
Myke:You know, so I just a little bit better range on my social battery. But yeah, chris and Tony and these guys they really made that experience so great and so just easy and enjoyable. And I feel like Mo was the same way. Mo was constantly checking in to make sure I was having a good time. I had like a place where I could take a pit stop If I needed to, to show up at the cajol booth. He was like treat it like home, you know, it was so awesome. It was also great to see that he was like hey, I'm in cajol capacity right now and so that's where my loyalty lies, and we'll get together later and talk about this other brand thing. But I want to be focused on this.
Ryan:He's a cool guy. I have not had a chance to meet him in person. You don't know me, I don't fly, but if he ever comes to Texas, right? My favorite thing was from our last Ferris episode and when we did the interview with him.
Ryan:He comes dressed to the nines, we're doing just a zoom call type thing to do the interview, and when he found out we weren't doing video recording, he goes oh, you're not recording this. He's like oh, well, then I'm taking my check off. It is, he was hot as hell. Yeah, and he always comes, he was. He's always prepared dressed up as beer game is on point.
Myke:Incredible, perfectly faded and everything.
Ryan:But I was. I'm bringing up because, just to humanize this guy, he really is like one of us. He has been a listener to this podcast since we started right, which is shocking, so yeah.
Myke:I think these are the type of things that we should celebrate in the fragrance community. You know, everybody wants to point the finger at whatever big brands and stuff like that. So when you see somebody that's so genuine and they're really doing heartfelt stuff, in whatever size the company is, we need to like, really celebrate that. These are just genuine, awesome people that are doing really cool stuff, and this is one of them. Ryan and I we've sat behind the scenes and talked about you know what cool, different things that maybe someday we could contribute to the fragrance community. Yeah and not really this idea, but this would be an idea I would be proud of to make fragrances that represent people I love the and then capture their personality and try to highlight the special things about them.
Ryan:Yeah, because every other fragrances about, and there's nothing wrong with this, we all wear fragrances. We do want to smell good. That's like bottom line number one, right, right. It's like, I guess, from a designer aspect. You know, it's always like freakin Kylo Ren running down the fucking beach to sell you a thing. Yeah, but Burberry hero, we're doing it wrong. Great ad, I love Adam. He's amazing. Have you ever seen Logan Lucky with him?
Myke:Oh, is that the one where they're like brothers and they're trying to do a heist or something? It is amazing, yeah, daniel Craig, like acts, acts like a redneck or something.
Ryan:Amazing, okay, yeah, I think I have one of the greatest movies. But, yeah, this fragrance to get back to it, this fragrance is actually really good. I'm loving the card stock more so than my skin. Smells really good and let's get into it. Let's do the price and trend on this. Okay, the price for 80 ML $120. Not bad, not bad at all. The trend it's peaked up and down. It's kind of riding on a middle line right now. Yeah, but I think it's also because it's not really heard of right now, because he hasn't pitched this big thing on it yet.
Myke:Yeah, this is really like in niche, this is really like the indie indie side of things. Yeah, but if you've experienced any bit of cajol, you understand the commitment to excellence that Moe has and you'll understand exactly why these fragrances, I think, are only going to get better over time. Absolutely, but when I smell it and the quality of it and it's like we've said this before a fragrance that when you find these certain few fragrances that are you that somehow speak about the nuances of your character when you wear them, that's kind of. I feel like the point of these fragrances is like Moe is creating an avenue for people to get to know his favorite parts about the people he loves.
Ryan:I do love that I really do. I like when there's some genuine shit in the community, so I'm for it. I wear any type of fragrance, I don't care how loud and obnoxious it is. Those are everyday wear kind of fragrance for me, like he'll tell you until I ran out of it, dude, I'm rocking red tobacco. Yeah, 20 sprays, dude, summertime, I'll rock it. I don't give a shit. Yeah, I will say for people out there that are not like me that want to go to it string with fragrances. This is very like office friendly, inviting chill. This is an everyday wear. This is something I really would wear a lot.
Myke:And I think you can over spray this one. It's loud, but I don't think like sometimes fragrances that are so loud, the more you spray on, kind of sometimes it compounds in a weird way, like red tobacco would be one for me that I would just never do that to this I feel like you can get away with over spraying it For sure. You'll just be like a cloud of happiness and joy that walks through the office.
Ryan:Let me ask you who do you think would wear a fragrance?
Myke:like this as much as I want to like go into dreamland. I feel like this is so mass appealing, okay, that I really think it's going to be 18 to 65 year old men yeah, I'm with you. And then somewhere in there, I'm going to say 25 to 40 year old women.
Ryan:Yeah, I can get the mass appeal part man. I don't know if I think women, but I guess I could see that vibe. But I was kind of thinking too you know, this is when you said that mass appealing, I am thinking this. It rides a weird line of almost like why is so? Why, maybe? And Linawita alone for me a little bit.
Myke:Yeah, it's not as like citrusy, no, as I think of like with why, but it's not bad, it's pretty good. It's just like a feel good fragrance. Yeah, when I smell it is like oh yeah, kind of takes me back Like when we first kind of started. I mean, yeah, when we first got into fragrance we smelled something like this. That wasn't just like shower gel, clean, soapy, and it's like whoa yeah, definitely sweet and smooth.
Ryan:I like it. Okay, are you going to skip it, sample it or buy?
Myke:it. What are you going to do, Ryan?
Ryan:Well, I would probably sample this some more personally. You, however, did buy it, but you bought a sample, yeah, thank God.
Myke:Right, yeah, I mean I hit the mother low because I forget the samples, where it couldn't be 10 bucks.
Ryan:Yeah, so super appreciative to Mo for that. It's definitely a hard sample because I do think there are more people than me out there that want the safe office thing kind of going on and this is 100% that. If I'm just being honest, this is 100% like safe office vibe, but it smells really good. If you likes it for me, if this is my opinion, if you love La Nuit de Lume, if you love something like YSLY, I feel like this is like if those two kind of like met up and hung out, you'd kind of walk by and you get a little both of those.
Myke:Yeah, I feel like too. If you're into fragrances like that, like that's the sweet, bright, warm type fragrances, and you want something, one with a little bit more backstory, a little bit more love behind it, something that's slightly more sophisticated than just a designer fragrance, then this, I think, is a buy for the right people. It's safe enough to be a buy that I could say yes, this is a buy. I enjoy it. I still wear La Nuit de Lume, yeah, and it smells incredible, quite a bit, and if we weren't given this away, I would probably exchange that out, because I do kind of like what this does a little bit better than that. And plus, every time I look at it, I just have all these feel good memories of getting to meet people in the fragrance community and there's just a lot behind this. And, first of all, as an outing of your own brand, I would be extremely proud of what this came across like. I think it's done really well.
Ryan:So I have to say while he was talking I took the bottle from his hands like a jerk, but I my intention is I sprayed it again. I really do like the opening it is. You're right, there is kind of a bubblegum thing going on, but it's not like Ultramol, like that super candy. It's really subtle, but I really love the opening on this. It is like it's hitting me now. It's hitting me hard.
Myke:Yeah, it's a beautiful fragrance and, like I said, there's just a lot behind it that just makes my heart happy. Call me sentimental, but I mean these things are really important on this journey in the fragrance community. In the podcast these have been some of my favorite moments have involved Moe and Kajal and what they've kind of opened the door to help us do, and I just can't help it. I just love it for sure, and they offer a way to sample it, so there's no risk. But I would say this is a safe, blind buy.
Ryan:God, let me say this yes, I love that they offer a way to sample, because there are so many that don't. I'm not a fan of that. Yeah, if you love today's episode, you want to let us know. Leave us a five star review on your favorite streaming platform and let us know what you think about this fragrance and until next time, spray it up, y'all.