273 Rodeo Drive for Men Fred Hayman for men

This is a rather austere Aromatic Fougere that is totally unglamorous. It is dominated by cedar and lavender, perhaps others could detect the other notes, but this is what I mostly get. It is very classic in composition, where there is no sweetness whatsoever, a true representative of the style of fragrance that ruled the day in the eighties.

i purchased this fragance back in 1999, i love how it smells,woody,spicy,very nice scent, it brings back very good memories, i started to date my first girlfriend in 1999 and this scent always reminds me of that teenager love haha lol i had 15 yrs :D

Not many notes, but I've seen note pyramids listed with lemon and juniper berry elsewhere). You can tell that there is some wood in here, for example, but you don't get a clear wood note. It's a smoky, somewhat harsh, herbal lavender dominant fragrance. It's quite strong for an hour or so but then settles down into a "skin scent," and you can clearly detect oakmoss and an amber/cedar accord. It's reasonably natural smelling and has it's appeal (though not for those used to aquatic and "fresh" fragrances), and is quite inexpensive. Some have compared it to Antaeus, but it is not similar to vintage Antaeus (the only version I've sampled), which features strong castoreum and beeswax (neither of which are in 273). Also, I wouldn't call this a fougere, because there is no lavender/coumarin accord here. I can see the idea that it is a "dark" fragrance, because it's not sweet or soft, and in fact reminds me of some kind of autumnal landscape more than anything else. If you took out some of the notes from a fragrance like Montana Parfum d'Homme ("red box") you would get something like 273 for Men. Also, if you like Xeryus you might want to give this a try.