Acteur Azzaro for men

As a lover of chypres I am nuts about a well-made woody rose and Acteur is just that. I am not sure I can wear it in public as it does indeed have that masculine Azzaro note noticed here already but I am sure to wear this beauty all for myself. I think a man wearing this has great taste and class, irrespective of age. I am sure to gift it to my husband and men, if you have the occasion, buy it, it's a gem!

Acteur is an amazing rose scent for men. It is very floral. A lot of men would be put off by the distinct rose in this. I think it's really clean light and fresh almost a "fizzy rose" Stays fairly linear on me as rose and woods. Sillage and staying power are very good. It's a unique men's fragrance.

I don't get the vibe from Azzaro Pour Homme at all in Acteur - other than the bottle at a distance looks like the Azzaro PH. Azzaro POur Homme is an 80's power house barber shop frag with a clear anis note. Actuer is a weak fine rose scented frag, so they have nothing in common other than the bottle design and the brand house name.

I'm a HUGE Azzaro Pour Homme fan and of course also had to check Actuer out.
To my nose it's a fine delicate rose scented fragrance with a weak citrus undertone, that stays close to your skin - I get 6-8 hours of longevity and Acteur blends really nice with Zino Davidoff and Guerlain Heritage.

Actuer is definitely not for everyone - this frag is all about the rose, and rose takes courage for a man to wear as a frag, which is why I very often mix/blend it with Zino Davidoff and Guerlain Heritage :)

I give this an 8.5/10 - rose done the soft smooth way, but a bit linear on my skin, and I prefer to blend it with another frag. Takes courage to wear by itself.

I stumbled across Actuer in the late 1990s at a closeout store. I found it very unusual that the rose was so defined. Its a big red juicy leathery rose that is rare enough in ladies offerings, let alone mens! The leather/spiciness only accented it. Indeed, it resembles Azzaro PH with florals. It moves into a sensitive, refined area that mens offerings rarely go with any sucess. Actuer came out at the end of the 1980s when the floral was trendy. It was a natural progression.

You get ROSE throughout the entire composition. Its more formal than casual. Very urban, dramatic and romantic. Totally unforgettable and handsome. I think of the Phantom of the Opera with this one. There is a dark mystery in it that works well on cold windy nights! It becons those around you to come closer. It puts the "come hither" on your target.

There was a refromulation that turned down the oakmoss. That BIG ROSE was still there! It didnt sell so well and is no longer on the market. There are plenty remaining online and worth the extra effort/price for a vintage.

I was 11 yrs old back in 89 when i first came in contact with this magnificent scent, my brother then 18 yrs old already was a player in the field for the girls and he wanted this scent... as a kid i used to smell alot of scents in the local perfume store in my town and in that period i fell in love with the 80´s scents already... My father was wearing at that time Loris Azzaro as a signature scent for his business suits...we both liked that one too...
My first smell on Acteur was strange..and good together it was not like anything i smelled before! because many scents back then shared my opinion a same basis...it was WOODY or AQUA...Acteur didnt...it was awkward and nice, rich and full of spices but in a unconventional way... i bought it for my brother because we shared the same interests he was thrilled with my present as i also sniffed it a lot when it was on his shelf that day...
It was my first strange scent that era... and now i´ve ordered myself after 22 yrs a new bottle to get me back in this strange but GOOD time...

PS i think T´erre de Hermes has many similarities with this scent in a way that t´erre de Hermes is deep and less sharp... i can be wrong its been 22 yrs!!

It is woody and spicy, yes. But, there is a dominant, dark rose note that lasts from beginning to end.

Used to love this one back in the day and have fond memories associated with it during my early clubbing days in Vienna Austria. Life was good, I was young and innocent and we had incredibly clever and sophisticated new fragrances at that time. This was one of them.
Loved the fruity opening, supported by jasmine and rose. This is the more cool and wet "brother" to the warm and loud Chanel's "Egoiste" launched a year later. Both are 2 of my all-time favourites.

Testing AMOUAGE OPUS V today, I am being send down memory lane and I feel strongly that the two are very similar indeed. Does anybody else feel the same? (OPUS V being an updated "version" of ACTEUR).

My God, what a disappointment. I thought I would like this one, but I truly cannot stand it. There is something in this perfume that reminds me of a smell I hate above everything, and that is ozone. It reminds me of that disgusting, choking smell that the grass emits after a summer storm.
I am afraid that almost all Azzaro perfumes have that note in them, so I prefer to stay away.

I'm a fan of most of the male Azzaro fragrances and Acteur was no exception to this & is truly one of the best in my opinion . I would say this fragrance is quite formal ,& best suited for autumn or winter . I like that about Acteur it lets you know this right away .I really do smell the fruity notes in the beginning and then it changes into a lovely rose scent quite masculine actually ,I definately sense another fragrance 'iquitos' in here I would say its like the scent of a fully flowered rose close to shedding its petals away (ripe rose?) lovely lovely smell and Im proud to own a bottle of this fragrance .

This is a great fragrance for the fall months. It belongs to the Aromatic Fougere category rather than the Woody Spicy one.

It's currently available on cheap smells website in UK.

this scent can define my entire life...with good and bad things, emotions, happiness, loneliness, true feelings..all in one bottle. If I ll be forced one day to leave the Earth and go to the Moon, this bottle ( and ok...just few other things) will be in my luggage.
I'm in love with this unique and rare perfume and I am sure, no other will be the same...ever!

This perfume is my best friend's favourite of all time! He loves this perfume like hell. Anfd I like it too. Looking fwd to buy one for his birthday but it is so hard to find :(

Acteur is one beautiful men's fragrance. I don't get rose - I get incense and oakmoss, a little leather and tobacco, and a sweet drydown of apples. A truly brilliant combination, I must say. At first I wasn't really keen on it because the opening reminded me too much of Quorum. The bottle I tried must have been at least 15 years old. It's possible some of the delicate balance of notes was lost with time and disuse. But if you're looking for a friendly, unusual, and downright beautiful autumnal fragrance, Acteur is unmatched. There's Polo, but that's pretty played. There's Yatagan, but that's not all that friendly. And then there's Acteur. I want to buy the bottle, but I'm really afraid it'll be the only one I'll ever be able to procure, and I love the scent too much to stay away from it. That bottle would be gone in a year, and then where would I be? But then again, better to have loved and lost . . .

One of, if not the best "men's" designer fragrances of all time! It's got it all. I don't agree that it's similar to the original in any way, other than a couple of notes perhaps (which is true for 99% of men's fragrances anyway). It may not be for every day, and it may be too "formal" for the younger crowd, but this is an aficionado's dream come true!

I've seen another note pyramid that listed mace, and it sure smells like there's mace in here. This is mostly a dry, spicy, and rosy wood fragrance. Don't expect much amber, vetiver, leather, or oakmoss in the base. The "fruity notes" are not fruity to me, but rather it impressed me more like geranium. The thing about this one is the quality of ingredients and the blending. As far as I'm concerned, today's "niche" fragrances can't touch this one.

Acteur is more chypre-leather to me ...
It amazes with its boldness, it has a distinct character, it is somewhat different, it brings to mind mysterious travels to exotic lands and intellectual adventures ...
The composition is cheeky and stout.
I think for elegant and noble men, who are actors - not extras - on the stages of their lives.

I had this in my wardrobe around 1989 or 1990, shortly after it was realeased. In a forgotten old box, I just found what remains of a mini bottle I also had at the time, with about 1ml of juice left. I thought, "this will likely have gone off in a big way" but to my surprise it was still perfect and exactly as I remembered it. Talk about a trip down memory lane!

One thing I like about eighties fragrances for men is that they were not afraid of having a lot of character. Acteur is not a powerhouse fragrance, but it definitely has an unmistakable personality.

I agree with Knightz's excellent review, to which I do not have much to add. The "azzaro accord" is there, but Acteur has an exquisite floral heart in which the top mace note seems to linger. Despite the spices and the musk, I find Acteur to have some sort of mellow quality. If I didn't know better I would say there is something reminiscent of honey in the juice but it's not a flowery honey, rather something like honeydew.

The overall feel of the fragrance is warm, sensual and sophisticated, with a woody-musky base and a close-to-skin soft leather note.

Really nicely done, perfect for autumn or evening wear.

If you know the smell of Azzaro pour Homme, then you know what is in the heart and base of Acteur... minus a few Azzaro pH notes... but still the original 'accord' is unmistakably there.

The top florals are switched to heart florals, with the spices staying mostly in the top. Some of the top notes they took out are Lavender, Geranium, and Iris. They are replaced in Acteur, as heart notes, by light Jasmine, a noticeable Carnation note, and the most dominant of the new florals is Rose. The Rose in this smells old, like a flower that has blossomed already and is starting to whither. It's not a bad smell, it's just not a fresh, clean Rose. I think it is a result of Mace in the top, the Mace is the harshest part of the nutmeg, very dry and peppery. The notes here say Nutmeg Flower in the top, but I'm pretty sure it's the Nutmeg husk (Mace) I am smelling, not the flower. The mace hangs around until well into the dry down.

The scent is average in longevity and sillage. Acteur is actually a little bit lighter than Azzaro pH but lasts about the same time. After about 2 hours it mostly smells of the original Azzaro accord to me, with more spicy dryness from both Vetiver and Mace. Very masculine. Another good one from Loris Azzaro, I like it.

If you are a fan of Azzaro and find Azzaro Now is too sweet for a Rose scent, then you might like Acteur's Rose better than Now's. Acteur is a lot more mature and manly than the playful sweet fruitiness of Now.