Aramis (for men)

fredward

A very familiar powerhouse scent. I have smelled this my entire life on many, many people especially when I was young. Today is the first time I have ever actually worn it. Overall, it's a super pungent, stand-offish, harsh chemical compound. It truly smells like shoe polish.
I can't believe this has been a best-seller for over 40 years! There is no accounting for tastes.

guest_c1

I use to buy this in the 60s, but my wife finds it too strong. So I continue with Eau Sauvage, and Caron's Pour Homme, which is not readily available here in US stores.

delo4ya

My old flame used to wear this and it always made me want to jump on him! I love the robust, manly rush. The man who wears this is not shy or meek. He is confident, assertive, and comfortable with himself. It still makes me melt when I smell this on a man!

countbernadotte

There was a time in America, when Aramis was synonymous with sophistication and success. During that time, I thought sophistication was another fancy name for a drink, and I, as any college student, was struggling hard for success.

And thus goes the story of my first encounter with Aramis in 1987, in Fort Worth, TX, then, a Cow Town with a very famous Christian University “TCU”.

I was in my first year undergraduate school. I had to sacrifice a lot in terms of foregoing many, many lunches to buy a 240ml bottle of the then legendary Aramis.

Texas girls loved its strong, spicy, masculine aroma, and for a kid in his very early freshman days, I had to think about the important things such as slow dancing, which, then, definitely required some preparations to outdo the competition, which was pretty darn strong in a private school such as TCU.

One Friday evening while on my way out to a club, wearing a dark suit and driving a typical student's old clunker, I had to stop at a gas station to fill my tank. As I was paying the cashier, a local young woman, apparently from the school, noticing the dark suit and smelling the very strong Aramis fragrance that I was wearing, chased me out the store for a seemingly normal friendly chat.

Once she saw the sled I was filling up, she froze in her track, shocked; she looked at me from a distance and yelled in disbelief: "You don't know what to do with your money?"

So, a bit of an advice for anyone from my generation, who might be contemplating this classic fragrance, before you buy it, though the dark suit you may be wearing does not have to be an Armani, make sure that the car you are driving is a Porches, a Mercedes, or a BMW, or at least a Lexus

If you can't afford any one of them, do yourself a great big favor and settle for “Eternity” by Calvin Klein.

DHMO

This one is a classic for grown up men. It smells very strong and is too overpowering for office or casual use. I really like the scent but feel like I'm way too young to pull it off.
For me this is the scent of wealth, class and maturity.

ThePerceiver

Perhaps a little too "classic." Smells like an old man out of the bottle, but it does drydown quite a bit. The littlest amount is preferable; it is very, very strong and can easily be overpowering.

Jalutschka

For quite a while now I have been hankering after the old, fantastic aroma of Cabochard by Gres (sadly reformulated)- then I discovered that the perfumer B.Chant is the author of both Aramis and Cabochard- and I can smell the similarities between the two perfumes. A rare herbal leather fragrance, a true masterpiece, not at all boring and very interesting on a woman (got a lot of compliments for wearing it today).

elgab89

Overpowering scent, this is a perfume used by the typical business man of the 60's. It showed guts to wear it and gave the owner an air of masculinity and aggression. It would really not pass unnoticed.
Nowadays the perfume may seem outdated.
It also creates a lot of love - hate reactions. I have to confess I secretly like it, although I would not buy it for my man (and I think he would not be caught dead wearing it - hahaha)
I find it hard to classify it as I feel is more aldehyde than chypre, definitely lots of woods. Not unpleasant, however very strong, with a great sillage - I have met also lots of people complaining about having headaches after they smelled it. Stays long on your skin.
I remember my dad hating this, however a lot of his friends were in love with this.

jeca

Oh it's so a intensive and aggressive, ultimate masculine, very American scent!

LuvWarrior

This definitely is a classic. I don't think this will ever go out of style. It smells like Class, style and money. A nicely tailored suit and Aramis, people will think you have money and class. Can't go wrong with this one.