Iquitos Alain Delon for men

I so wanted to love this. I am on a never-ending quest to find the perfect masculine rose scent and the reviews on here had me purchasing a miniature the very next day. But try as I might, I just couldn't love this one. When I was small I used to go to my grandmothers and in her bathroom were a group of perfumes that never seemed to get used and were always coated in a fine layer of talcum powder. I used to smell them each time I visited because I used to feel a bit sorry for them! Unfortunately, Iquitos reminds me of those fragrances.

So far, the best masculine rose I have found is Cabaret by Gres. It is as close as I have found to perfection. As for the best feminine rose, I have to give that award to Stella by Stella McCartney. BTW, if you have a masculine rose scent suggestion I'm all ears - or should that be nose?

My favorite scent for most special occasions. It is a rhapsody of smell. Great longevity. Can not get to buy.

My first ever fragrance! I was about 15 when my father gave me the After Shave Lotion (he probably hated it since we have always had different tastes in fragrances) as a birthday present.
Little did he know that this olfactory sensation did sent my senses up and down an emotional rollercoaster.

This was wild stuff only the coolest of men would wear (my dad was obviously no longer cool in 1988 aged 48) and here I was owning a whole bottle aged 15!! LOL

I have not sniffed it since (had it for a few years as I used it sparingly) but recall it to smell of a tropical town (=Iquitos) after a hurricane, when the sun breaks through again and all those plants, fruits and flowers, compete in releasing their phermones.

It is utter and absolute aromatic olfactory porn!

Very exotic, tropical and intense, like "Carnival" in Rio I would imagine.

ICONIC THAT TONIC!

Recommended for summer evenings only when you are out to hunt for prey (like the snake in the commercial implies)

I like the idea of this one but I like Boss Cologne (before it became #1) better, and whenever I've worn Iquitos I've thought to myself that I'd rather be wearing BC. They are certainly not identical, but it's the same basic idea, at least to my nose. I find Iquitos to be too fruity and floral. I prefer balance, which BC has relative to this one, and I'd say there's a better interplay among the notes in BC. I'll have to wear it again when I feel I can give it a totally fair assessment, but if you want an excellent "old school" fragrance where the fruity and floral qualities are emphasized, I don't think I've come across a better one than Iquitos. In the meantime, I've got more than I'll ever need, so if anyone wants to swap I've got more than 50 ml in the original bottle.

Just gorgeous! Jasmine and Rose, float on a mossy animalic base in a most perfect way. When looking at the notes, I couldn't imagine how this would smell, and I now know. It's rich, herbal and floral with a touch of civet that helps the base transform into a beautiful luscious long lasting olfactory smargasbord. If I had smelled this when I first began sniffing things, this probably would have turned me off. It is loud, tangy, sweet, and animalic. Now, I find it sumptuous and challenging...it is something worth sniffing. I was lucky enough to come across the vintage Iquitos. This is a must sniff for you frag heads out there.

I just purchased a bottle of this fragrance and I have to say it smells very similar to Azzaro Acteur , masculine floral love the rose note in this fragrance , it seems to last more than the one in Acteur , well worth a purchase if you can find a bottle :)

A formal green fragrance in the vein of a university garden. Green yet elegant and controlled. Not a wild grass or flower smell. An odd, but addictive mix of jungle and high culture, like the town of Iquitos itself.

My Iquitos and my Francesco Smalto smell rather similar in one way I didn't expect. Somewhere in both there is a hint of finest vintage pear liqeur. Iquitos has plenty more fresh air in it than Smalto though. I guess it's more "transparent".

Iquitos is out of production, but there are still similar, if not identical fragrances in production. Must and Must essence by Cartier come to mind but I'm sure there are others as well. So if you missed out on Iquitos don't worry. Sniffing Cartier's Must Essence will take you to the same place in a slightly different boat.

Why do I keep on thinking Quorum when I think of AD's Iquitos? Probably because they are both in-your-face brass balls scents, and the fact that they both come in dark green bottles with fantastic boxes.
Oh, and women go ga-ga over the both of them !!

I actually bought a bottle of Iquitos the year it came out, used it all and never had it again. So, I recently purchased a bottle again on basenotes. The aldehydes at the top are really a bit much but they are followed after a few minutes by a very smooth spicy floral heart (rose, cardamom, ginger). The rose stays all the way through the excellent and very long-lasting drydown mainly composed of patchouli, woods and moss with some civet.

Hi RRBM,
Well nothing like Iquitos out there, but it is in my top 4 male perfumes ever.

Lancome Sagamore
Yves Rocher Trimaran vintage
Escada pour homme original
Alain Delon Iquitos

Maybe we share the same taste, if that is the case, I can recommend Escada pour homme original and Lancome Sagamore.
Good luck!

The very best fragrance I have ever used....powerful with subtle tones that touches others without overpowering....the best ....why is it gone? What on earth is the closest fragrance to this today?

lol the name "Iquitos" comes from the capital of Loreto (a region in Peru)which is in the amazons, also thats why an anaconda appears in the picture, cause in the amazons there are a lot of them

Incredibly refined, seductive and mysterious,with an air of decadence, almost a women's fragrance but maintaining a masculinity. At release, kind of a Dior Poison for men, equally revolutionary, and sadly out of production now. Truly a one of a kind because there has never been a man's cologne before or after that had an androgynous touch without the overpowering sweetness of Gaultier Le Male or Joop! Homme.

I bought a tester size bottle of ebay . The opening is very mixed up but it develops into a lovely masculine floral scent - why was this discontinued ?

I agree with Afraafra. Iquitos & Sagamore, how I regret those two fragrances being discontinued...

One of the best 80's men's fragrances, great lasting power and sharp opening.