Quorum Antonio Puig for men

Stunning hyper-masculine composition. Made to last through breakfast. The cloviness of carnation sets this one apart from its contemporaries.

I was lucky-enough to land a 100ml vintage- there is no other way to fully-appreciate this one, and I have no more to say of its charms that hasn't been said already.

Its 80"s Smell. Its strong opening makes feel real man. Stays 2 hrs. Good. I Like it. If u want to smell 80"s go for it.

This one is an old fashioned gem, I found it coincidently...and when I sprayed on my wrist it smelled like trapped in moss. Very strong opening, but then it was getting milder and milder, very smooth drydown. I think it is in the same league with Azzaro pour Homme and Aramis Aramis, but not as thick Hermes Bel Ami or Chanel Antaeus. However, I like it! :)

@sigolene: what a great idea that was for that time! i also had perfumed parties where i had parties in a partyboat and they sprayed scents around from time to time, it helps to get a happier athmosphere its does give a an extra dimesion.

It is a 'man's man scent', right off the front line of powerful 80's scents, like Halston and Polo....but I dont like it..nor do I like the Polo scents. There is something about Quorum, that sits in the back of my throat, after I smell it and Ive never been able to shake it off or figure out what that "something" is.

I started using Quoram for men back in the mid 1980's for our summer parties in New Mexico by placing the contents in our evaporative water cooling unit tray. It was and remains stellar; for all guests find the scent evocative and leave their concerns behind as we all enjoy one another's companionship in the high desert nights with billions of twinkling stars above.

Quorum, belongs to the category of perfumes as a grown man, I think if played on a par with Azzaro, Polo, Yatagan, Kouros Anteus.In opening and has a bitter and smoky wood, after a few minutes settles into a soft, velvety balsamic wave which is really surprising, certain scents that I heard in carpentry appear here in the form of nuances and subtleties very pleasant, and gently warm the bottom of the corolla is bitter to this wonderful fragrance for someone who might be a little dated, but retains its charm.
Probably like the 50 and older, but it deserves much attention.
God save the Quorum

I fell in love with my husband when he first wore it. It still is my favourite smell on him.

I'm assuming the combination of artemesia, pine, cumin, and what appears to be thyme all combines to create a spicy blend that, to my nose, smells like cooking herbs. Or, God help me, stuffing. The resemblance is disturbing. I'm sure this smells different on others, and while it's by no means a *horrible* smell, I don't want to walk around smelling like stuffing.

Luckily, it's only $10!

Ah well,

THis perfume is elegent old school. However the note descriptions may not match the end product in toto.

From opening to dry down, it is pretty much the same. This is what I found out-

1. Smell of vetiver is on the stronger side (reminds you of Van Cleef by Van Cleef and Arpels). The smell stays till the end. (Top and dry down note)

2. Tobacco and leather mixture very subtle-- reminds you of English leather. (Middle note)-- hangs around.

3. No cloves, sandel wood, tea etc--- Can't find 'em.

If used in moderation this is rather pleasant and old fashioned in a manly manner. No doubt about that. Ideal for warm weather may be.. Blends well with the skin to dry down to give that warm effect.

As I said, if you combine English leather (Dana) & VC by VC , you 'll figure how this Quorum smells!

Common, old fashioned, elegent and cheap- a good general use chypre. U won't be making a fashion statement with this for sure-- But It exudes the warmth of home- this scent says U R a responsible domestic man, not a runaway stud or buck wild sex machine! Pretty okay for office or club wear on the fly. You can't go wrong with this type. Folk respect this smell. Reminds me of tweed coats n tudor style mansions actually.... Warm, simple, comforting, with subtle masculinity. --That I hear, has its own sex appeal. Something different from the floral smelling metrosexual pedicured chik boys :)

All in all- doesn't hurt to have this one in your kitty.

Quorum is one of the best men cologne,period.It is a must have.I prefer the vintage though,but i have both.

ME IMPORTA UN BLEDO SI ESTA PASADO DE MODA , SI ES MUY DE LOS OCHENTAS ... SI ES DEMASIADO PODEROSO O MUY FUERTE ...ESA ES SU ESENCIA ¡¡ ...AMO ESTE PERFUME..NO ME CANSA Y ESO QUE TENGO 28 ,LO USO DESDE LOS 24 Y CONSIDERO QUE SE ADAPTA BASTANTE BIEN A MI PERSONALIDAD... ES FANTASTICO.

Fortunately the vintage version is still available at some places. I just bought three 100ml bottles of it.

Vintage 9,5/10, present 5/10.

Present version 5/10. Vintage version 9,5/10.

Vintage bottle= a bold line under Quorum, "eau de toilette" below the line in small letters.
Only "Antonio Puig" at the bottom of the bottle. I think.

Have you ever wondered what a typical powerhouse (green) fougere smells like? Try Quorum! Unbottoned shirt / hair-chested /in your face masculinity at its best. A testosterone manifesto.

Boatloads of oakmoss enriched by tobacco, leather, some coniferous and woods. Green and powerful, aromatic and extremely manly. A cult cheap fragrance that if applied moderately it's terrific but if you go heavy on the trigger, may easily turn grotesque. It does great on the Yatagan/Tsar axis.

Rating: 7.5/10

Where are cloves in frag description fragrantica? I'm sure that this fougere masterpiece is constructed around this esence along with tobacco, geranium and leather as principal notes. I love it.

Green and aromatic retro powerhouse.
Leathery and vintage green strong memorial fragrance which shot me to very far memories! Once a time, in spite of its rookie bottle, the scent was absolutely a hint of chicness. Dandies used to wear it on leather jackets to be Alain Delon!
Not so good for today's velvety boys, just some people can compromise with; who loves Antaeus Chanel, for example.

برای من با محصولی دیگر از این کمپانی یعنی آگوا براوا خیلی نوستالوژیک است
در زمان خودش کاری درخور توجه بود
بوی کاج را از عطرش کاملا میشد حس کرد
در ان سالها که مصرف میکردم خیلی دوام و پخش بوی خوبی داشت ولی چند سال پیش که تست کردم دیدم آن دوام سابق را ندارد! مثل همه چیز دیگر در دنیا
بهر حال آگوا براوا از این کار سر تر و بوی خاص تری دارد

Haven't smelled this in years and from the reviews it would only seem worth while to TRY to get a vintage (80's) bottle...That said..in my middle age memories now, there was something VERY sexy about this stuff, and for a very reasonable price. Oddly it didn't smell cheap. Maybe it's the tabacco, and there was something that smelled like a men's wooden cufflink box, or a man's closet. 9not sandle alone), and NOT a uni sex scent__ it's all MALE, which is refreshing and sexy. Balsam, maybe and something European, in there, (I think the original was made in Spain...) A man could do worse than to wear some of the vintage stuff, long after dinner, and with somebody they really like! (Bet you could stump even a "perfumista " with this one, IF you could get the original....).

Now guys You have obviously not experienced the non reformulated one. It has to be 30/10. Now it´s only a week shadow of its former glory.

MY RATING: 10/10

Reformulated or not, or whether or not it's as strong as you originally expected it to be, Quorum is still a beast. Few fragrances exude the balls-out masculinity that Quorum does - only Drakkar Noir, Brut and Havana rise to this level.

Sure, after an hour or so it doesn't have the crushing sillage like a Lapidus Pour Homme does, but how many other fragrances can you think of that smell so manly? Quorum is a masterpiece brew of tobacco, patchouli, pine, leather, cumin and oakmoss, and it combines those notes in a way that shamelessly ignores all fragrance trends. It's the epitome of old school masculine perfumery, and the complete opposite of everything that is hip, unisex or stylish. How can you not respect a company that has the guts to even still produce this?

Puig reformulated Quorum years ago, and although the current juice is a little bit less woody and long lasting as it used to be, the difference is negligible and not worth crying over. I own bottles of both vintage and new versions, and I alternate wearing both regularly. It's still one of the best powerhouse fragrances ever.

Quorum makes no apologies for what it is. Wearing this is sure to scare off wimps and anyone else who can't handle such a macho scent.

MY RATING: 10/10

I don't know if it is my skin or if the bottle I bought wasn't the original thing (by the way, I've bought one tester bottle), or if this cologne was recently reformulated... but I didn't find Quorum to be this monster of sillage/projection/duration that everybody talks about. Actually, on me, the fragrance lasted 5 hours in max, becoming very faded after that, and only in the first hour I could tell you this scent had an above average projection.
I was very disappointed considering that I bought this one thinking it would be a winner in those issues.
Man, what a let down! Because in that very first hour, this fragrance was marvelous. It's a very masculine and deep green scent with very noticeable tobacco, leather and green notes seasoned with spices. Ultra pleasant and the color of the bottle represents well the scent it contains: the dark green color came to my mind imediatelly when I first sniffed this one.
In fact, I imagined this scent being emanated from a deep, dense and rich forest, in a warm evening, the soil covered with dry foliage and the humidity left by the early rain in the afternoon filling the air around. I imagined me there in a trail, with leather jacket and leather boots, walking through the woods, smelling smoke coming from a bonfire not far from the trail... quite nice!
It is indeed a very pleasant scent, I think more aimed towards the mature men (let's say 30+ years old). I don't think it would appeal or even suit well teenagers or younger adults, although I really liked it very much and I'm 26.
I only wished it lasted longer in my skin... what a shame.

Rate: 7/10.

I gotta say that this perfume is one of my favourite ones. My big sister loves it on me saying it smells awsome like champange.
Well, I find this so smoky and intrigue and I guess it's because of the leather, tobacco and other spices blended together.... So mature and classy!

This one is a good "sniffing"! it resembles to Wilderness from Avon.

When I put on this fragrance, I got no pine, no metal, nothing of the sort: only a medicine smell that screamed "barbershop frag". After an hour, though, I smell like lemon cleaner and pine -- which isn't awful, but it doesn't exactly work either. As time goes on, there is this cinammony kind of note that starts swirling around me, whatever it is, it's the same thing in Hugo Boss and Dunhill's Desire for a Man (bergamot?). It smells a little harsh, a little rusty, but it's not bad. It's a bit more aggro. A bit later, is where the pine scent returns, and that's how it finishes, with a woodsy pine scent. It feels a bit rough around the edges, but I guess even in its reformulated version, that's part of the appeal. I get the feeling that they succeeded in softening up Quorum, but in the process, took out what made it what it was. Now I'm curious how the original compares.

Imagine it's early 80's, you're a strong composed man in your late 40's. You have a villa in the middle of a pine forest. You're wearing a suit and a light brown suede jacket on top. You're relaxed, smoking a pipe and just taking a walk through the woods. Suddenly, you fall over and pieces of forest bed get into your nose. That's how Quorum smells like! Isn't that wonderful?

9/10

I have come to realize that the Quorum I praised ealier is no more. The new bottle is very different and I don´t care for it at all. It´s mostly a fake lemon and smoke. Why do they do this with all good colognes, seems people in charge couldn´t care less.

This is certainly not the same as the original fragrance from the 80's. My brother and I used to rock this stuff back then, but I am not very fond of the new formula.

When I first sampled this one, nearly three years ago, I was having problems with lavender, even in small amounts. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the first Quorum I sampled was the old formulation, because I remember strong lavender and tobacco. When I bought a bottle on ebay about two years later, it seemed like a different fragrance. This one is well balanced, and the pine seems to be the strongest note (perhaps just the most obvious), though I avoid top notes as much as possible. I also detected a metallic/aldehydic type of thing going on, which I don't like. However, given a little time one gets used to it and it doesn't ruin the fragrance for me. One thing I look for in inexpensive fragrances is whether it has what I call a "synthetic olfactory blob" quality, or whether it has good "separation." It does not have the former, but the separation could be a bit better (in order to acheive optimal dynamism). The notes are natural (other than that metallic kind of thing) and the longevity and projection/"sillage" is at least very good. This is not a 9 or 10 (out of ten) if measured against the best "power frags" of the 1980s, but it's probably in the 7 to 8 range, which is excellent considering the current prices.

The original version is fabulous, at least a 9 out of ten. There is a natural "freshness" to the opening that stays for quite a while and offers appropriate counterbalance to the "dark" base notes. I don't get any metallic quality from this version, and the complexity and dynamism is about as good as any other fragrance I've sampled. And this lasts a very long time. Note that f you want the original, it should only say Puig or Antonio Puig on the bottom of the front of the bottle. If it says 100 ml, 3.4 oz., 85% vol (something along those lines) under where it says Antonio Puig or Puig) I think that's the new version.

possibly the best, for lack of a better word, 'old time' fragrances, reminds me alot of Aramis life and azzaro pour homme though.

Now, that's what I love on men! It may sound cliche, but this is a truly masculine fragrance, not for wimps, not for sissies.It just screams to me: "I'm a man." Absolutely amazing and long lasting mysterious and enchanting, old-school perfume. Be bold and believe that women are tired of contemporary overly sweet or generic colognes on their men! Go for a classic instead!

EDIT: But do not wear it in the summer - it will spoil everything then!

This is how real men should smell.

A master piece. love it

To make things short, if I were to die tomorrow, I would prefer to wear quorum while dying. It will smell masculine, dark, rugged, sexy and mysterious. When I was a kid, I first smelled this when my father got a bottle of this as a gift. I wore this to the Batman movie (The Jack Nicholson/ Mike Keaton/ Kim Basinger movie). And from then on, my association of this cologne is very dark, chivalrous, brave and super sexy. So I call it the batman cologne. (Its funny how smells shape our memories and this right here is a perfect example). I have stockpiled this one in case I cannot find it. Simply love it.

The best men cologne.It is a must have and a classic period.

Very nice manly frag. Is it Aramis, or is it Quorum? Sometimes I think it could be either/or. There are a lot of similarities between the two. Love the in your face ballsy frags!

love this powerhouse scent from my first use in 1983.
strong, woody, spicy, and fresh not for younger men.
it have this curious earthy "rhubarb" note.

It is not that strong !(not anymore at least)
4-5 sprays of this will not overpower one spray of Kouros or Van Gils classic.

And Quorum after shave hardly smells at all.

While Quorum may not be the nuclear missile it often is described as it does have the time authentic gloomy 80's cold war aura about it.

It is clear to me that Quorum looked very much at its time. The bottle design is strongly influenced by angular 80's sci fi and 80's home computers.

I don't really recommend the fragrance other than a brief trip down nostalgia lane. But the bottle(s) is a piece of 80's aesthethic which is very hard to find new today except when you buy this frag. So by all means do buy it and use the bottle as a conversation piece.

I remember Quorum and Open from the 80s. But Quorum is a magnificent scent. It embodies Tobacco and Patchouli in a perfect manner. Typically designed for seniors, it still never lost fame or elegance. It isn't expensive at all but it sure delivers what other powerhouse perfumes do. I plan to get it nowadays for the winter.

Sillage : beyond imagination
Longevity : it stays..and stays...
Feeling : Bold and Mature
Feedback : sure, but not from the young
Recommendation : c'mon, it's inexpesive and longlasting

Back in the 80's I thought this was Ok. But I have just bought a new bottle and have rediscovered Quorum. It's a beautiful soapy, fresh, spicy scent that is well put together with a lovely sweet woody drydown. (The drydown, for me, is the best part of this lovely scent) Longevity is fair. It's not expensive but is just as classy as some of the big guns. Quorum is in the same family as the classic Azzaro L'Homme and the very good "One Man Show" by Bogart in my opinion. This is a very good retro scent and very masculine

Quarum is quite similar to Cabochard but with pine in the top notes the drydown is unisex in this collector's opinion.As a female I will wear it in cooler weather.

For those who care to be boldly spiced. My dad loves this stuff. 100% man.

Quorum is a threatening green fragrance. It isn't friendly, it isn't light and uplifting, and it certainly isn't contemporary. That said, I think it's a brilliant herby/piney/tobacco '80s masculine power monster. It's hard not to like it, it's so out there. It takes dark greens to a whole new level. You can get a bottle for less than $15 at Marshalls or TJ Maxx. Thumbs up for me.

Strong, silent, powerful and sexy ! Love this fragrance. Goes well even on women although its thoroughly masculine.

Update: One of the absolute best ever made, just as good as Antaeus, Van Gils Classic, Van Cleef and Arpels, Yatagan, Grey Flannel, Paco Rabanne,Azzaro

The best of the best!!! I love this fragance!!!!! And women to!!!!!!!!

I reviewed this some time ago and in the time since, my admiration for this truly undervalued fragrance has grown. It holds its own against the classics and powerhouses like Polo by Ralph Lauren, Yatagan by Caron and Alfred Sung Homme, but can usually be purchased for around $15 US for 100mL.

well just see the ad on this page - WOMEN do like it, chickz usually don´t...

that´s just matter of which of them you prefer - I´ll just take the first ones;)

When all the guys in high school were doused in Drakkar, my friend, Kye, wore Quorum and I spent most of my free time sniffing his neck.

Quorum is that kind of cologne that always will have it´s place. I think the smell is very good composed with, as it seems, high quality ingredients. Great for all occations but nights out.
Really like it, from an era where colognes could be strong. Belongs to my top five.
Does it smell weak? NO. Does it smell synthetic? NO. Is it expensive? NO. Is the longevity poor? NO. Well then it´s not modern.

Really nice and interesting fragrance for men, not a usual weak fragrance, which is typical nowdays and which everybody wears like a flock.

Do ladies like it? is Silage OK?
I imagine it is a unique!

Update: I try this, it is unique mysterious dark one. i like this style!

Yes it resembles kouros a bit (Artimisia note?), but is better and not nasty!

Way to strong, very 1980's.

Pasó de moda, pero en su momento fue todo un exito. Me sigue gustando.

quorum is an evergreen spanish fragrance, though it has become very very common but still it has got its grace and charm. to me its very very mature spicy fragrance not for my age group. it's an inexpensive too!
i give it 5.5 out of 10

SEX-IN-A-BOTTLE...caution...slipery when wet. Buenas noches/Goodnight.

Great smelling stuff--I borrow my husband's bottle and use it sometimes. Love the tobacco and leather in it.

Great scent and fabulous staying power. Totally masculine, and not that fruity-fresh-candy-modern metrosexual stuff.

This has great staying power! It is quite sharp and a deep inhalation will have many sneezing (it did me). The woody piney notes are very pronounced as is the oakmoss. In may ways it is like Paco Rabanne - it has that fresh soapy sort of a smell. It is hard to believe how cheap it is (around $15 Australian ($12 US) for 100mL). I am impressed with this fragrance.

My dad has it, I like it. I use it every now and then. It's a classic manly scent with freshness to keep it wearable for everyday

I have a good friend who wears this and I LOVE to smell it on him. It is very strong-after he hugs me the smell clings to my face and clothes. I do enjoy the scent, though.

A "hate it or love" scent dating from 1982, it used to be sold in high-end department stores in the USA when launched. Now a drugstore scent, it did not loose any of its appeal for those looking for a strong one.

Top notes are dominated by grapefruit and lemons, while leather is the main note in its drydown.

Quorum it not for everybody, so I would suggest to try it before buying it - unless you don't mind loosing a small amount of money in case you end up no liking it.

80's Bold, strong, in your face and inexpensive. Apply sparingly, use in the evening or on cold days. This macho man fragrance is very strong but with careful application it is actually very attractive.