Bogart Jacques Bogart for men

Bogart's eponymous seventies offering is not the vigorous, stiff-necked and leather wearing hooligan that I was expecting.Instead, I encountered something constructed with care and an attention to restrained detail.

The opening is of a vintage calibre, with a text book aged herbs and dusty lemon combination. The lemon presence, although brief is probably the only time that any note really stands up above the parapet. Bogart quickly pulls back upon the reins, and it never feels like it is ahead of the wearer in terms of potency or sillage. Beyond the opening there is a wonderful sense of blurred lines, and the notes, though subdued, feel blended and balanced. It develops a little extra bitterness beyond the top notes, and it begins to ratchet up the aridity - there is a distinctly parched feel about the entirity of Bogart.The much vaunted leather note in the drydown is tastefully introduced, it slides in under the radar, and is more of a presence than a declaration.

All in all, I like Bogie's style, simple, traditional, and discretely executed

Between this and One Man Show, Bogart for Men was always the sleeper fragrance and in my view the superior of the two.

It was a solid, leathery fougere that while powerful never was so over-the-top that it couldn't be worn as a good daily scent. Some of the reviewers are correct about the top lemon accords tending to hide the remainder of the scent at opening, but given a bit of time, the rosemary, nutmeg and clove would take over and provide a very seamless and subtle transition into the leather/oakmoss base. Well-composed, tame compared to One Man Show, and elegant considering its period. It's likely to seem somewhat dated by today's standards, but were it to be more available, I'd include at least a sample in my own collection.

Simply, it's nicely polished and constructed, mature and elegant. Totally maasculine and very befitting of someone 45 and up. Definitely worth sampling if you have a chance.

Bogart is a very wearable, everyday-type fragrance. Very green opening (think fern). I like the latter stages much more than the opening (after it looses it's initial sharpness), and transitions to the oakmoss, woody, leathery dry-down. Caution should be used with application; It's easy to over-apply.

The fragrance is similar to a couple of older, popular fragrances. It is similar to English Leather (Dana, 1949), but doesn't feel quite as dry. It also reminds me of Kanon (1966), but not quite as powdery. Of the three, Bogart is my favorite. I can not envision this being anyone's signature scent. Having said that, I wear it occasionally to work or to outdoorsy activities.

I disagree with other reviewer, but so what, some people like CK Number One.

I love that fragrance. It's strong and very masculine. You can't go wrong if you like conservative scents. It's a classic cologne.

I love strong fougeres, real blast-from-the-past scents, but this one is just awful. So dry it sucks the life force out of the wearer, with a musty smell like an old garage. If you can imagine what a dead wino's funeral suit smells like, this is it. Oddly, it's quite intriguing from the bottle, but noxious on my skin.

It should be sold with a label - Caution!
Apply with a toothpick!

It is definitely a powerful aromatic fougere, despite of the spices in it. This is a rare case of spices humbly standing aside while rosemary is having a blast.If you over-apply (and that`s what a lots of people do, hoodwinkled by a a fresh lemony scent from the bottle), you will never, ever experience no cloves, no nutmeg and absolutely no woody base.The rosemary and mega-concentrated lemon blossom will knock you over way before that.

The only one other component that dares to raise it`s head is leather, it gives Bogart a pleasant masculine twist that will strictly remind you that it`s a scent for a serious grown up man, not some pagan rosemary potion.

I heard a lots of compliments from the ladies on this scent here and there - but please, I beg you, if you ever wear it...See above :)