Drakkar Noir Guy Laroche for men

It's all about the memories for me when it comes to Drakkar Noir. I was sixteen, and I had a torturous crush on a guy who was two years older. We took art class together and became friends--but nothing more.

He wore this fragrance, and just the right amount. I liked its warmth and how it still had a freshness to it. Over the years, men who bathe in DK have killed its appeal, and the fragrance has become the butt of many a joke. But, when I think back 20-some years ago, I can't help but smile. I am reminded of a friend and one of only a tiny number of good memories from high school.

its the closest thing to the original Polo scent, that I wear every blue Moon. If you dont wear it every damn day, it wont disappoint. The problem, I think guys have with it, is that apparently,somebody told them that you should wear it a lot and wear a LOT of it...NOT!. a little goes a LONG way, trust me. I use it in moderation (2 light sprays), and I enhance it by using a couple of sprays of 'Monsieur Balmain'..the lemon bomb in MB, tends to tone this frag, down a bit.

Smells like a Men's version of Dial soap...

I love this cologne. To me, it is the perfect men's cologne. If it has been reformulated??? I don't know. It smells perfect the way it is an I don't think I would change anything. I am 40 and definitely remember everyone wearing this in High school in Tampa, FL. Although, few people wear this now, the only thing I don't like about wearing this, is that I feel a bit self-conscious when wearing this because it was so popular and remains easily recognizeable. Also, my wife hates it, so that makes it kind of hard to wear. But, I love it. Call it a "guilty pleasure."

A true throw-back scent for me - it's been years and I decided to give the reformulation a try. I picked up (for a great price) a gift set of EDT, After Shave balm and the deodorant. I write this after a fresh shower and shave wearing all three! I am glad I did take the leap back in time...karlovonamesti's review below is spot on (as he normally is). Initial blast is strong - biting and bitter citrus, some patchouli and sharp green herbs for me. This warms up though rather nicely and shows us its true scent and Drakkar Noir form - the heavy moss, for me, is gone now due to reformulation. I have a lot of vintage fragrances with heavy moss, so strangely, I don't miss it here. I actually used to like DN a lot back in high school - I shared bottles with friends and almost always had one (or access to one). It was a staple. On my skin, it shows very nice notes with some warmth...the citrus calms down and integrates into some nice more distinct herbal notes of basil, rosemary, juniper and lavender shining through. Still lifted and clean - no moss. The patchouli is now less sharp and offensive - the whole composition smells like a dilute version (definitely more mainstream) of what used to be Drakkar Noir. While this is a bit hollow and not as strong as vintage, I am keeping this review focused on what I have. Comparing old to new is pointless - we all know its changed over time. I strongly believe this would make a good scent for a casual attire office or a night out. It is dated if you know Drakkar Noir from before - otherwise, it is an honest scent. The middle and drydown are good - perhaps better than expected since the moss and a lot of the leather in this reformulation are all but gone. It does, however, stay fresh and integrated with some nice fir coming through with some light sandalwood and a bit of amber...albeit a touch soapy (in a good way - it smells clean). Longevity seems average (I sprayed my shirt and there are still citrus notes with floral and fresh herbs - so I recommend spraying both skin and clothes with the current formulation to increase longevity). Overall - I'm glad I got the set. I heard there are knock-offs that are more like the original DN formulation, including Classic Match (among others) and test sprayed Classic Match just tonight while grabbing some items at Walmart. It might drydown to a more leathery scent, but the top notes were very screechy and abrasive. I sprayed it on paper and decided to try what I bought a month or so back in that set that is sitting in my closet (although I know it is reformulated). I am actually happier with the new DN than an original formulation knock-off, for now. I would wear this as an everyday, casual scent - dressed down. This is a pair of jeans, non-button shirt and jacket (weather permitting) scent - not dressed up. Still pretty good to me although lighter - I can now apply a few extra shots and not offend or create a huge cloud around me. My rating is a solid 6.5-7/10. There is one knock-off I am tempted to buy now that is very highly regarded as THE best DN original formulation...cheers!

Nice scent, heavier than I usually like but with a name like Dakkar Noir it ought to be.
Just...dont wear too much-- as with anything!

Oddly enough, this "black" flanker perseveres in an ever-changing market, while the original Drakkar is now defunct. As ubiquitous as Cool Water, Drakkar Noir has been reformulated into a smoother, lighter scent in recent years, no doubt to better conform with today's trends. The bitter citrus, wood, and herbal opening is still quite sharp and recognizable, but it rapidly dries into a hollow juniper, lavender, and oakmoss accord, with hints of fir. Very nicely blended, very masculine in temperament and movement, and very dull. Drakkar Noir makes a good office scent nowadays, particularly if you're working in an alpha-male environment where being taken seriously is essential. There's nothing light spirited or "fun" about this stuff. There's also nothing particularly refined about it, either. For a manly green fougère from the '80s, I'd rather wear Tsar by VC&A, or even Laroche's own Horizon. Still, Drakkar is a respectably conservative oldie that bears remembering.

I'm going to save you some time and agree with a lot of the reviews, this scent does have a notable, dated quality (mind you a classic, masculine sex appeal is beyond dates) that I remember being crazy about in HS when I was 15-18. Granted, it has been a while since I've had any (now 26) I remember the smell of it quite distinctly.

Drakkar Noir is definitely a warm, heavy scent suited for fall/winter and always made me think of how a manly man should smell in a tux. It has a fantastic palette of woodsy and spicy notes (coriander/oakmoss/cinnamon/juniper/fir) that mix well with the other more subtle amber & leather accords. The drydown is where it's at, as that's when the herbal, wood, spice and citrus come together and it certainly has some staying power, arguably too much...

This having been said, it is easy to overdo it & overpower the subtleties with a synthetic scent. WEAR LIGHTLY.

Sillage: 7/10
Longevity: 7/10
Overall: 7/10

Drakkar Noir is a great fragrance that takes me back to my high school years back in the 80s/90s. Great smell at that time..but smells very outdated and old school now. I will only wear it on occasions were not many people will be able to smell it and pass judgement. I originally bought it in 1988; but managed to find one on sale at Marshalls in 95. Still have that bottle...hardly used. Feel too awkward wearing it now.

bought my first drakkar noir.. its amazing.. i would rate it the best in my collection.. a classic timeless cologne.. so fresh.. just lovg it.

It's a STUN GRENADE.

And, surprisingly, some places that weren't 1980s America have yet to be carpet-bombed by the stuff. Americans, on the other hand, seem to be almost immune to it by now.

Up to you to figure out if that's a good thing.

My best friend in high school wore this - a woman. It smelled great on her and I love when women wear men's cologne.

Smelling this on any man used to make me feel like a wild animal (in a good way).

Masculine, indeed. But not a pleasant smell. Reminds me of Axe Marine body spray. This one is more natural and less cheap though.
I don't like it.

The one from today is so diifrent from the one of the eighties ...now it"s completely chemical ,no more soul, it's empty, no charm any more ..bring back the real Drakkar Noir

Why is there so much hate for drakkar??? its an amazing, long lasting actually projecting fragrance. I would wear this any day over A*Men, ADG, La Nuit, etc.

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I don't even care that you can pick this bottle up at the local drug store, my brother still wears Drakkar and he smells SO good. Every time I hug him hello I have to tell him how good he smells. Maybe this takes me back to my teenage years when every hot guy was wearing this, I don't know, but I think it stands the test of time.

The 80's called, they asked for their cologne back.

Seriously, every time I smell this, I recollect this fragrance with a love/hate relationship. You loved how unique it was, yet you hated that it actually made you feel like Pepe Le Pew in its overall strength. This was really overpowering and probably among the reasons that other 80's frags got a bad name by sheer association. This is not so much that it was a bad fragrance, but it's definitely an anachronism and to me -- as a major fan of 80's frags like ODL Pour Lui and others -- this was over-the-top. Way over. Bombastically so. It drags up memories of walking around the mall in high-school days when this had just become popular.

Very enduring, very heavy, somewhat cloying by current standards, very spicy and heavy handed with the coriander/cinnamon/juniper/leather accords. If done wrong, this would announce your presence five minutes away, and often enough, it was applied wrong. I wish I could be more neutral, but I still remain appreciative of the scent.

1988 in a bottle. When young adults of the mid-late 80's bought their first "grown-up" scent, every 16-17 year old guy in the US was wearing this or Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, and every girl was wearing Obsession. Big, brutal, everlasting green-greyness. Like being trapped in a smoldering fir, rosemary, cedar, and moss fire after having spilled a pint of gin on your leather jacket. If you non-ironically drive a Chevy Camaro (the old one, not the new one), this is your fragrance.

Drakkar Noir is a classic fragrance that has stood that test of time. This was huge!! I mean huge in the 80’s and it kept going strong until the early 90’s.

I remember smelling this cologne everywhere in the late 80’s when I was a little kid. I went thru one or two bottles during high school in the mid-late 90’s. This was a good and affordable starter fragrance for a high school kid back in the day.

This fragrance is not bad at all, Drakkar Noir smells very clean, very sensual and very masculine. This is not your average kiddy fruity, aquatic cologne. To those who think this fragrance smells bad, soapy or “old”, well, you probably don’t have what it takes to wear this classic, to wear this big boy you need personality, attitude and confidence. This is for a man that wants to smell like a man and nothing else.

My dad wore this one.

Drakkar Noir doesn't smell terrible, but it's not great either. It's a crude, obnoxious aromatic fougère that leans more towards dark green than "noir". That being said, it's popular for a reason, and if you're into fragrances, it's a must-try simply for reputation purposes.

i hate this one couldnt sit with ma friend after putting this on smells so old and cheap to ma nose !!

I love a good fougère. I think the genre is underrated, and still recovering from a bad spell that lasted from the 70s to the 90s. The ubiquity and heavy-handed use of Paco Rabanne pour Homme, Azzaro pour Homme and eventually Drakkar Noir in the US in the 70s-80s as well as the association with a troubled era of masculinity made people run screaming from the aromatic fougère. Then Cool Water and the like made the more traditional lavender/coumarin fougère seem stale.

To Drakkar Noir. It’s bland and it’s loud. It’s the fragrance equivalent of battleship grey at volume 10.

I've always hated this scent because it was the fragrance that virtually every guy wore when I was growing up, which meant if you wore it you smelled just like everyone else. Secondly, I never cared for the scent that much because it just didn't smell like an expensive designer colonge--to me it always smelled like something you picked up at Rite-Aid. And lastly, I tried it because it was so well liked and at least for me it had no staying power. But if you're someone who likes deja-vu of the 1980's & 90's, this is your scent.

It's not as bad as Polo. But nothing is. Like everybody else, I thought it was fantastic when it came out. Today: Ugh. Like getting hit with a bowling pin.

What happens when you have a really classy French design house release an immensely popular fragrance? It sells incredibly well for a few decades and some greedy international conglomerate buys creative control. The obvious comes next. It get brutally changed as a composition and distributed to every WalMart where it sits-forever, not selling. Alas the word gets out that it is bad-see all of the bad reviews below!

On a trip to France in the 1980s, I had the priveledge to purchase an original bottle. Needless to say, I loved it then. It was a rich, dark, sleek, European sport car with black leather seats that others envied. It could pass all traffic, handled curves well and was fuel efficient-it lasted all night! Yes it was easy to overspray-generally all over my cheap American car.

For about a year, I loved it! Then my friend started using it. Next, I started smelling it all over the mall and campus. It became an 80s beast! Now its worse. At least the original formula was good. The current toxic waste lacks oaskmoss and the leather seems like pleather. A classic case of overmarketing...

back to 80's.....gorgeous scent....

Drakkar Noir to me is free from the negative connotations that plague many people in other countries. I've neither smelled it on anyone else nor ever seen it for sale in this country. To me it's very good: the soapy beginning through the sweet base. Longevity and projection are tops. I'm rapidly working my way through a 100ml bottle.

Soapy as hell. It is a knockoff of irish spring :S

The formula of Drakkar Noir come from fragrance heaven (or hell?) :-). Drakkar Noir is the best cologne in the world. For ever!

I totally agree with Chris below, back in the day after people moved on from Polo, you could smell this on about two out of every three guys walking down the hallway of your high school. There are enough reviews on this so I will let stand and say that it definitely had its place and time, but it is very strong and aromatic. If you're in properly today, it would probably be reserved for nighttime during any season, but the notes of leather, patchouli, oak moss and cedar made at legendary back in the day.

Oh Drakkar, u were the bomb back in the day (like CK's Obsession), I wore both of them back in high school & back then this was cutting edge stuff!!! and the girls liked it :) Sadly that was a looong time ago,.....every time I c this stuff it brings back gud memories & brings a smile to my face. But I've long ago moved away from this stuff, IMHO it is outdated NOW, just too many better smelling more complex fragrances out there today. Which makes total sense, cause this is from the 80's! I mean who drives the exact same car today that they were driving back in 1987?? Mostly older guys where this today. Still back in the day it was GOLD, but that was back in the day ;)

It may be old, may be 80's young men signature and it may be dated, but I still love it.
Makes me smell like I've just came out of the shower, it's powdery, sweet, have a good combination of spices the cinnamon notes are the ones that stands out for me.
Yes, it smells like soap after a while and that's why I love it, makes me feel ready to take on a full day of work or a heavy workout.

I was aprehensive in order to try Drakkar Noir, but I ended up liking it a lot.

This was my dad's signature scent and every time I have a chance I sniff it and it makes me feels safe and protected. For me it's a perfume for strong but loving men, with great personality and determination. I guess I would feel weird smelling this one on young men. I just can't explain with words how this perfume makes me happy and sadly nostalgic at the time but what I try to say is that only a very special and unique fragrance has the power to stay as long as our best memories.

Mature, a little grandpa-ish, but very well done. It is most definitely a Fall/Winter fragrance for the out of school (of all types) cologne wearers. A classic, and available at discount stores. My personal opinion of it is that it is tobacco and bonfire with a little spice. This is great for Christmas time but beware of its' strength and maturity in the warm weather.

I didn't find anything complex about this scent -- to me, it smelled musky, pure and simple. The sweeter top notes evaporated somewhere between buying it and opening the package. Anyhow, I found the scent to be acceptable; it didn't make me feel any particular way, but at least it didn't give me a headache. I will say that even this reformulated version drew positive reactions from women, even from quite a distance away (the silage here must be phenomenal).

Drakkar Noir was my first cologne. In retrospect, I am glad it was. Because this cologne set a great benchmark of masculine fragrances for me. This cologne inspired me to get quorum, one man show, bijan, grey flannel and halston Z 14. This was my usual rotation. I love this dark oily, leathery feel to it. It earned me a nickname teflon hunk (boy I loved that :-) ) This is probably as powerhouse as it can get. This is as macho as it can get too. I dont know how Laroche came up with the concept of this cologne but he sure pulled off a winner. I now have a lot of cheaper alternatives of this cologne so I am not sure if I am going to buy it again but this one deserves all due respect for the sheer quality of scent.

i tested this at dillards. its boring. its old too. as in its for a older generation. it don't have a kick to it. but i only smelled the first 10 minutes of it.

I wore this when I was in high school! brings back memories whenever I smell it on someone else!

Reminds me of High School, EVERYONE had it!

I'm sorry, everyone likes it so I'm sure it's nice, but all I could smell was a high quality Lomani pour homme. it just turned me off.
I know this was made first, I know it has alot more notes, but I just don't like it.
I CAN see why people do, though, it IS a pleasant aroma, and it's soft and masculine.

Also, I would have thought woody-floral for the O.group.

Probably my first fragrance purchase as a teenager back in the early 80s. Very leathery , musky, awesome fragrance, However the silage and projection has changed, Im surprised only one person on this review has brought this up. the modern version of drakkar sits more closely to the skin imo. I remember putting this on and projection being just plain rude. my neighbors 2 houses down could smell me.

**UPDATE**
For those who want the original formulation blast of drakkar 80s, Buy the Classic Match version., you can get it at walmart for 7 bucks. They have kept the original formulation and really does smell like the original version of drakkar. Not this wimpy castrated version Guy Laroche is putting out these days.

a masterpiece through the years, long time ago i use this, what a wonderful scent. last week in the city i buy a bottle, its timeless. great!

Drakkar Noir is one of the the true fragrance classics.The initial,all the way to the dry down is great.Excellent for formal evening wear.The duration is great as well.This is one of those fragrances where you do not need to apply too much.Great to layer with the Drakkar aftershave,and deodorant.

Hmmmm....heavenly on a man! smelled it years ago in a department store. Have to get my husband a sample. It evokes warmth & intimacy. A sniff of this every now & then will put every woman in a good mood :)

This was my second signature scent after Colors by Benetton for men. My cousin used it very heavy-handedly and I thought it was too much. One day I found a shirt of his left at my house from the night before and it smelled fantastic!! I surmised it was actually a very good scent-when used in moderation and it was my new fragrance love for the next 5 years...

Sometime in the early 00's I discovered AdG and "broke up" with Drakkar Noir, but the fond memories of it's powerful scent bring me back every now an then for the olfactive equivalent of a "booty call"...

This scent comes out of the gate quite intensely with bitter green herbs, dry florals and sharp citruses. Very biting and intense topnotes contain what some scents have in their entire pyramid of notes, this may be "too much" for some but after they fade to the dry flowers and hints of warm spice and pungent juniper in the heart it has a very clean, slightly sweet demeanor, until the drydown comes in with the manly finish of leather, woods, moss and patchouli. A true aromatic fougere for the self-professed bad-boy...

This is indeed a classic 'cologne'(it came out in 1982 and is still selling well 28 years later!)and to some it may seem dated but in my opinion: originality and good construction with quality ingredients never goes out of style. To me this is almost like a favorite leather biker jacket,well-made, comfortable but rebellious; something different than what everyone else is sporting nowadays...but it definitely gets noticed. Love it or hate it, it's here to stay!!

Sillage: tremendous
Longevity: excellent
Overall: 5/5 Superb!

To those who may think this is a gay scent-it is true that the gay bar scene reeked of this in the early 80s( I sprayed it on paper and had my best friend smell it blind and said "What do you think?" and he replied: "Gay bar at last call!")but remember, most gay men were searching for the epitome of manliness, and many of them found it (in a fragrance at least)in DN. It is VERY manly and I have smelled it on gays and straights alike and no matter who is wearing it it smells AWESOME!

I have a soft spot for this. I don't often smell this on men anymore, but when I do it makes me smile with nostalgia. In junior high the guys all wore Polo. In highschool they all wore Drakkar, but with a heavy hand which made it reek.

It's very spicy, dark, leathery and masculine. One or two sprays *maximum* - this stuff is loud and powerful. It's a bad-ass scent.

Sprayed lightly, it's also one of the sexiest scents on a man, IMO. Not for the meek.

+1 to Persian Belly quote:

"This is very nice. I can keep sniffing it on a man (or the bottle) till I drop!!! :)"

100% agree, women sniff my D.N. till drop ;)

its still smells good after many years smells better at night and fall and winter

Kind of reminds me of my absolute favourite, Tuscany by Aramis. This is very nice. I can keep sniffing it on a man (or the bottle) till I drop!!! :)
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Powerhouse of the 80's. My signature scent back in high school, mid 90's! Gets a bad rap because of people that overspray. Two spray max rule on this one people! This one will always be in my collection.

Dark and mysterious. A great smell for nights and winters. Can pass on summer nights but would pick something lighter for that really. Women will love it and so will you. Lasts a good amount of time and would get this for any collection. As classic as it is many people over look it and as a result it becomes new to many.

This cologne is timeless. It will always smell awesome. I would highly reccomend it to anybody. People love it. Women love it. It can be worn for any event. Don't take my word for it, but you will get a lot of compliments from all types of women. It has magic in it.

I were it as long as 20s year, and I'm not bored...
F****g hell i like it!

Unique - masculine, spicy, unforgettable, ...and..fresh . in my opinion..a classic (and I don't say that lightly)...lasts all day (really does)..what more do you want! Tell you what...people notice this on you when you walk by. Like Led Zeppelin or the Beatles this is a timeless and absolute classic.....Whole Lotta Love!!!

Remember the 80's?!?! Received this as a gift over the holidays and it brought me back. Straddles the dated/ classic fence. Not a day time/ casual/ work scent. Silage good and I'm happy to re-visit an old friend. Winter yes, Spring no. It's right for the right moment. Might have changed from the original but close enough to re-visit and enjoy.

I like this fragrance very much, it is spicy, masculine and lasts all day.
Maybe a little bold and with a "hear I come" attitude, so be careful and do not spray too much on you unless you want people stare at you like " who is this a**hole", so use it sparingly.
Very similar to Van Cleef and Arpels "Tsar".
The Artemisia, lavander and coriander dominates both perfumes and at first impression, they smell almost identical, the basnotes are slightly different, but on my opinion, it marks the difference
If you want to make a comparison between the two, Tsar is for the guy in the Aston Martin and Drakkar Noir for the guy in the Toyota, Tsar very sophisticated and elegant where DN is for the masses. (Note that I said Toyota and not Ford Pinto LOL)

Good scent like almost every perfumes in the world but its too much commercial! Anyway, its a good scent, for a man who want to feel vintage.


6/10

Dominating, sexy, leathery, macho, and bad-ass. This is a lady magnet. Period. Try some of this and ask a female what she thinks of it. Or wear some on a date and watch how much positive feedback and attention you get. You will get five stars and two thumbs up from any woman as this cologne is sexy and French and by design was made to attract women. Wear it whenever because it blends in and works for every occasion. It does what a man's cologne is supposed to do. It captivates the lady audience and gets their attention. It is a lady magnet, and women will marvel over you.

I will tell you the truth once and for all. Women love the way this smells. This should be one of the top colognes in any man's arsenal. Drakkar Noir has everything a masculine smelling cologne should have in it like leather. It is for a straight man, and straight women love the way this smells. I am not homophobic but if a straight man sports this masculine smelling cologne then he will attract beautiful straight women. I know this for a fact and that is is the way this works. A lot of gays and bisexuals don't like the way that Drakkar Noir smells and honestly they don't have to. It's too straight smelling for them. It's really very masculine smell that lasts all day and doesn't put off a gay vibe at all. It puts off a sexy straight man vibe. Be weary of all the bullshit advice on any of these fragrance sites unless you want to waste your money and smell like your gay. The gays should quit slamming Drakkar Noir because they know it is a dominating smell and they know it is very hard to compete against. All that I ask is for the gays to stop suggesting all the fu fu gay smells to people and stop leaving negative feedback for great smelling colognes like Drakkar Noir. Enough said.

Its been since 1995, three years after I graduated high school that I wore Drakkar. I can remember starting in 8th grade wearing Polo as did all the cool guys at my small school. Then around 10th grade everyone switched to Drakkar. As I recall, compliments were abound about both scents. Then after that, it was onto CK-1, which girls seemed to like as well. Anyway, it has been around awhile but died down. Well maybe Porcelain Ninja is right. It may be back on the rise. I recall liking it and I intend to get another bottle soon. You guys have to admit, based on just scents alone, as opposed to fads or trying to smell different, a lot of fragrance's would still be strongly sold today instead of dying off.

Drakkar Noir was so huge in the 80's, ultimately it became a victim of its own success. However after the meteoric Rise came the spiraling Fall. Now that this uber-masculine fragrance is no longer popular, it's becoming more interesting.

Regardless of its 80's stigma (in my opinion fragrances are timeless), this scent has a lot of "dark" personality in it. If you want to project a dark, mysterious and powerful/animalistic aura around you, and want to sensually "intoxicate" your lady on a cold winter's night, this is the one, the ultimate Black, the ultimate Noir. The rest I leave to your own "seductive" imagination.. hahaha

A classic that will never be absent from my arsenal of fragrances.

Tip: use sparingly, two sprays max, from a distance

This napalm-in-a-bottle was the weapon of choice for all the gold-chain-and-hair-gel-wearing playas in my high school circa 1987. Toxic then, and toxic now.

Has anybody tried Drakkar Dynamic? It the sport version of Noir. It is in the same styled bottle but all white not in black?

A classic? Exactly.
In just the same way as disinfectants will accompany people 'til the end of this world. The word 'horrible' must have been coined for this particular smell.

Probably my dad would like it, but me ... maybe in another life. To me it smells like sanitary disinfectant. A great disappointment for me, a lot of people recommended it to me.

Well, this is a classic but not dated scent. Everytime I wear it, people ask me and made me compliments.

I like the smell and I fell like if I am wearing a leather jacket and driving a conversible car with lots of moisturizer on my hair.

I like its base notes and I like the way they act on my skin.

Sometimes Drakkar reminds me Photo, by Lagerlfeld. I know they are different, but the main structure is very similar.

Besides that, Drakkar has a long lasting and, even when you think the smell was gone, people keep asking what are you wearing, and this is very good, isn't it?

Received a sample of this at the dept. store, and convinced my husband to try it again. He wore this years ago, and I loved it on him then.

Have to say I think reformulation has killed this one. Smells nothing at all like I remember. Too bad.

The guy that I was madly in love back in the 90's wore this. I asked him what was he wearing. Between Greg and this cologne, I was so turned on by him I would want to f#*k him right there. The scent that I can only describe Drakkar is spice and musky cotton candy. mmmm.. I miss you Greg.

this is my daddy's edt...very manly smell, classic but still ok to wear nowadays...

Less guys are wearing this now! It's so out it's actually in! I imagine a gorgeous vampire wearing this. Very sexy and dangerous

seit seiner entstehung anfang der achtziger ist es eines der besten herrenparfums, frisch leicht nach tabak und tannennadeln, zitrone und sehr lange haftend.übrigens hat es einen etwas raffinierteren bruder:
duc de vervins von houbigant sollten sie mal damit vergleichen.

Today i bought this and this cologne is very good its very old perfume but still smell great

not 4 me its just too bitter and dated like the early 1980s bitter chypre/ woody scents and that trend is dead except with 30 to 40 plus age groups

a classic!this was like my second legitimate bottle of cologne when i was coming up

This 'dated' scent will survive most of modern ones. Mark my words!

It sounds like some consider this a dated scent, but I find it's still sexy and makes me want to get close to a guy and inhale deeply. Sometimes 'Dated' and 'Classic' cross over. If you have the right attitude, you can't go wrong with this one. If you're afraid of smelling dated or common, than you need to find something you feel is more 'you.' If you just want to smell clean, sexy and masculine, this would do it.

The Beatles seem dated, too. Yet no one better has come along. Same can be said for Drakkar...

The favorite cologne of my dad...
The drydown is good, but the beginning is too powerful for me..

Very seductive and smells very nice. Smells fresh and kinda citrus. Very unique smell to it and LOVE IT

I love smelling this on a man. Very seductive and well lets just say that the right cologne on a man makes me very happy inside :)

this is one of the best, but the longevity could be better

good classic stuff, known to make girls weak at the knees, in my cases anyways lol. or maybe thats because i dance like travolta on drugs... who knows but what i do know is this wonderul concontion of notes is very good smelling with great longetivty and sillage. reccomended.

Hm... It's easy to wear. Casual wear. I like Drakkar Noir. I first used it when I was 18 :P And now, sometimes I still use it. I remember one time, I went shopping, a cute boy there asked me why I smelled so attractive :)) A lovely classic!

It reminds new stuff packaged in plastic... dunno how to explain it.. It is not bad, but a little to macho man for my taste.

Definitely a heavier, spicier scent but smells great. I would recommend it for an older person in the winter-time.

Definitely a heavier, spicier scent but smells great. I would recommend it for an older person in the winter-time.

I remember smelling this on a man I had a date with back in the early '80s. Funny, at first he wouldn't tell me what it was (like it was his secret), but I smelled the colognes in his bathroom and found it. I went out and bought it the next day. I agree with afraafra, it does seem dated, as I no longer wear it, but still have a bottle with a little left. It has a nice citrus scent.