Kokorico Jean Paul Gaultier for men

i dont like it,and never buy it.
top notes are nice but later.no..!

There must be a mistake on the composition. Where's listed the gasoline note ? I swear there's gasoline on it ! RUN, IT'S GONNA BLOW !

Smell : 0 / 5
Versatility : 0 / 5
Longevity : 4 / 5
Projection : 5 / 5

Overall : 9 / 20

I had false expectations of this scent. Somehow I imagined Kokorico to be a very cuddly warm scent that embraces you. But that's not the case!

This fragrance is LOUD. It's sharp, intrusive, pushy, very dry and loud. In a very strange and unusual way. The cacao in this scent is very prominent (the best you can get in a drugstore). But for me the cacao is too real, like this wouldn't be a fragrance.

It's like you spilled yourself with a mixture of cacao and alcohol, adding some way too masculine spices (vetiver, cedar). And the fig leaf is the missing weed note for the terrible explosion.

What I don't like is, that this fragrance has an androgynous vibe (in a bad way). It's too masculine of the spices because of the sharp vetiver/fig leaf/cedar notes, but also too feminine because of the edible cacao. I don't know how's this possible.. The fact is, I as a female wouldn't wear it, but I also definetly would not introduce this scent to my boyfriend. And we're both spicy orintal/gourmand lovers.

It's just too much of the good to enjoy it for me.

perfumes sometimes works as clothing do .. some people fit in and others do not! This product is of the highest quality .. I like it very much .. it smells like warm and sweet on reminding moist soil before the rain..I usually use it during the rainy season,best suited for wet and cold days...few ingredients but still a great scent. 7/10
best regards.

wow, I was very lucky to find this at Winners amongst a pile of Guess and Yardley fragrances.

Now, this is truly something else. I don't understand all the hate this is getting. To me this is screaming manly and sexy. But I do love my patchouli loud and dirty. I've even learned to love Molinard's patchouli, so nothing scares me anymore. Here I get dry cocoa powder, a spicy vetiver, an up to no good patchouli from Hell, a green fig sap and some delicious dry cedar wood. Oh, my. Is this ever gorgeous.

Definitely reminds me of Molinard Patchouli in the opening, but I find this more wearable than MP.

Strong, harsh, earthy, dirty, spicy... but kind of artsy.... Very sexy! The testosterone version of CL c'est la fete Patchouli, because it is also sweet and I find similarities between them.

one of my boyfriend's favorite and it really works on him.

It has the cacao as L'instant pour homme au extreme...but compare to L'instant, it less sweet, less mature, less sexy. It doesn't give the magic aura as L'instant did. But I would not say it is bad perfume...just definitely not the same league with L'instant

One of the best and more originals releases of the last years (in the mass market)
Much better than Le Male...
If you like Ch 212 or Hugo XY, this is not going to like ...
Well done, Mr. Gaultier.

Scent: 8
Sillage: 6
Longevity: 7

P.D.: Bottle is horrible...

This is an amazing fragrance! Very sexy and masculine (and a woman said it!). It lasts for more than 12 hours on my husband's skin. The bottle is also quite extraordinary! I love it :)

I know this stuff is pretty hated on, but I really enjoy it. I find it earthy and sexy. I love the bitter cacao facet. Uniquely masculine. So much better than Le Male.

I'm surprised to see that so many people hate this fragrance.

Here in Brazil, "Kokorico" sounds fun and even a little embarrassing (it's a sound of a chicken), but men love this perfume. They say it's very masculine, sexy and strong. Highlighting the most popular men's fragrance in Brazil today is 1 million of Paco Rabanne.

Believe it or not, but I am actually scared to use it. Or rather, too excited? Hehe I feel I won't choose the right moment and spoil the whole thing. So it sits there in it's tin waiting for the right moment...

But sniffing from the tin and bottle as it is alone, I smell earthy yumminess. It hit me immediately; a fig tree after the rains poured down and scented the earth. I am excited to try this, when the time is right. ;D

disappointed w this one big time.....i must spray this on my clothes to get a decent scent because when i spray it on my skin it smells like old pencil shavings....cool bottle but not unique at all if you have smelled any of the cocoa inspired colognes out there....has alot of jpg to it tho......hints of le male thruout.....for me tho very irressistable by givenchy is this smell but better.....3/10

L' instant is just pure class, where the cocoa is so well blended with the rest of the notes that it gives you a leather note feeling. Meanwhile kokorico is a darker cocoa note blended very well with the green vibrations of the fig leaf. This is a casual type of fragrance, quite nice on cold winter days,simple and cozy

I think is a great fragrance with nice development and quite sexy...it lasted 8 hrs. on me i find it to be close to L´instant wich i also have but this one is stronger and it has a green vibe(the fig leaf maybe) that works well with the cacao note, wich by the way i dont feel to be cheap or synthetic (i´ve worked with real cacao in the past)

RIYL(recommended if you like)
L´instant Pour Homme,Dior Homme Intense,A Men, Very Irresistible,Animale Animale.

90/100

Just a note about the bottle that very few people seem to realize: when you turn the face so that it's no longer in profile, the bottle looks the same as the original Le Male bottle. I'm constantly surprised that photographs and discussions never mention this. Of course looking at the bottle as a profile it would be nearly impossible to imagine that the design would work like this.

As for the fragrance, I have to agree it's a rather disappointing liquid. How many more powdery chocolate woody smells can we have without anything new being added to the conversation?

The bottle lovers are gonna love this one but i got news for you, kokorico is trash. It smells like weak 3 day old coffee. Please don't blind buy this. If you decide to purchase this, it will be a suicide buy. This juice is a complete dumpster fire.

it could be unisex. i am a female and i'd definitely wear it

As many others have already alluded to, the bottle is a delightfully bizarre creation, but very much in the spirit of Gaultier. In terms of the juice stored within, I am less enamored. To me it is begins in a fairly shrill manner, and has the spikiness normally found in a heap of civet. There is a note early on that I can only describes as sweet cardboard, and I have encountered a few times in modern fragrances,and never with a happy nose. It does soften and smooth into a dry woody/vetiver presence, but it is hardly a delight to spend one's time with. On the plus side, for those that love it, it lasts an eternity.

Rating: 2/5 Average

one of the SEXIEST fragrances ever made.

9/10

I have finally bought it and I have to say that It has grown on me! I really love it on my skin!

I sincerely Jean Paul Gaultier, has never disappointed (at least not so much), so this perfume its not seen as' failure.Very rich with notes in the Announcement woody and warm gently balanced gourmet fragrance that made me in the beginning reminds the Potion DSQUARED ², almost identical (I tried one on the left and one on the right hand), and very appealing to me, because in general I like sweet perfumes and almost in every I find.There is synthetic mixed with cedar and vetiver, although cocoa extracts thing and gives it a powdery-phase synthetic powdery but it really does not matter to me, somewhat along the lines of the Attitude Extreme Giorgio Armani Armani but not so pronounced synthetic line, ie, there is at all.I like it also, which is not linear, specifically the is not linear to a greater extent, but it gradually opens up all the time, yet distinctive 'notes of the major and unavoidable, but the above-mentioned syntetics.Attractive aura, a decent Sillage are already enough of a reference for this fragrance to be honest, but not too bad. . in my opinion, Gaultier sided 'crowd, even going to make a parallel between the now world-famous course 1 Million and KOKORICO, elem, gave us a character, no doubt appealing and even good-looking perfume bottle with what is such a (gold lever ), and the show must go on.Old fans may be disappointed (read comments below), a new predominantly younger and everyone else will be happy, I will also be ok.Frankly I wore this perfume, now bought, received as a gift, no matter but if we sincerely La Mala was the leader (of course, the first and only JOOP), the sweetnes, fancy catch that is very much FANCY was in his time, but also an extraordinary and still is, and so there could be some real comparisons for the masses, but other put.Same so I think he's by Thierry Mugler, the last representative of a real highend Class Designer (in honor of Dior), thus going back to the very beginning of the text, my Jean Paul Gaultier, never not disappointed!!!

i totally agree with divan.badenhorstbotha
this smells just like wet earth after rain.i don't really like the smell of earth but this fragrance still has a charming side

Sexy smell in an artistic way,I suppose..

Love this! Dirty! Very very dirty! Smells like wet earth after the rain. Don't get the resemblance to l'intant at all. It doesn't have the sweetness of l'instant and is much dryer. Also very unique to me. Will definitely get you noticed.

I like it and own it.

A brief chocolate and chilli sensation beats a rapid retreat making way for a very masculine patchouli; dry, dusty, slightly bitter and tempered by vetiver.

Reminds me a bit of Annick Goutal Mon Parfum Cheri...but definitely not L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme as a few people have mentioned here.

Silly bottle but an excellent scent.

i tried it but i dont remember hw is its scent,
i basically wanna emphasize the bottle is comic,foolih..perfume and man faced bottle..i cant understand why this shape?

i like this....... it takes time the first time you put it on its too strong after a little it worms and becomes like dark spiced chocolate and the bottle is a work or art

it reminds me the drydown of black excess by PR but without the mango fruity note and a little bit of the middle to final notes of Silver scent by Jacques Bogart. JPG bottles are no my kind of bottles...
Longevity: in a paper it longs for about 10 days.

I love the bottle. I'm not a HUGE fan of the fragrance but it's a nice one! Much better than the awful Le Male! Still, it's nowhere near as good as Fleur du Male

I tried this today looking for a new scent for the husband and was very surprised when I looked at the notes as some of the strongest notes I was picking up were not actually in it.

I found the opening very weak and a bit watery and was ready to write it off. On a second sniff the scent had evolved to something rich warm and dark. The chocolate was there but I was also getting tobacco and leather. From there the scent has just got better, evolving into a warming masculine sexy smell. It’s a nice sent for those not on the “fresh scent” bandwagon.

Well I do not know why but it reminds me a cheap copy of the heavenly Shiseido's BASALA. I wish I could get my hands on a bottle of this miraculous scent. I was never a fan of Gaultier's scents and Fleur du mal makes me sick.

My signature scent is LIDGE and nothing will ever compare to that. I still decided to buy this despite the hateful reviews on here and on basenotes. I just wanted an extra for my collection. I smell a slight similarity to Lidg edt but in all honesty I cannot see an exact likeness/copy. So unless my nose is failing me on only this scent and no others then I cannot see why all the negativity. Yes a slight resemblance before proper drydown but that's about it. The very people reviewing negatively and saying it's a copy riding on the back of Gueralin would be the very ones to go and buy this should Lidg or Lidge ever be discontinued. I don't ever think I would compensate a loss of my all time favourite Lidge by buying this as it just does not compare IMO but it is a great scent and unique in it's own right. I think people need to start judging fragrances on their own merit's and stop comparing unecessarily, particularly when it's negatively.

There are plenty of other fragrances for men and women that share similar notes and do smell similar but I suppose when there is a large following for one fragrance or another and then another comes out that's shares some likeness then there are always going to be debates etc I suppose I respect the loyalty that people show to certain fragrances/fragrance houses.

However I do actually respect this fragrance and enjoy wearing it. Seems to radiate of my skin pretty well and is long lasting. I do notice that the fig is pretty dominant in this one, that is what singles it in my opinion. I would recommend this to anyone who is a fan of JPG to check this out even just for the sake of being different. I like Le male but would never wear it now. I can't be doing with smelling like everyone else. I am 25 and I have always loved my stronger long lasting scents since forever. I have always had a fussy nose and I always have been one to stand out. I think more people need to do the same and step off the aquatic/fresh/generic bandwagon and dare to be different!!! Oh btw I give Kokorico a 9/10 and I actually like the bottle it's quirky!!

Now I can confirm that this perfume is a perfume irreverent and strong, in the style of Jean Paul Gaultier.
The notes contained in this seemingly sweet perfume, are actually notes of vigor and irreverence, which gives this fragrance one very masculine character, or even manly.
Actually, this scent, although different, can capture all the spirit of Gaultier brand.
Is my current signature scent and I am very happy to have him. Again, JPG surprised with the creation of a perfume that is perfect for all levels, from the smell, bottle, tin, advertising, name, etc ...
Finally, another aspect that seems positive is the fact that this perfume probably become more exclusive than Le Male, since until now has been the target of some criticism (even the bottle that is perfect , irreverent and different), which turns out to be not a bad aspect, because this perfume will not be used as a mass phenomenon and common taste, but rather by people who really love this perfume if identicam with him and to see him their brand image.
I give my congratulations to everyone involved in the creation of this masterpiece called Kokorico.
Gaultier 4EVER.

A dancer fragrance with Rises and falls from up to the end note. Kokorico is a wonderland from J.P Gaultier that you can detect beautiful smells on it any time!

in top note it opens with Aromatic green fig leaf and a little soapy then move to cacao dry powder.some sweet smell mixed with green note and some cedar wood!

on basenote you can smell some ashs and dusty fragrance!
It`s a wonderful perfume , It`s a Jean Paul Gaultier !

8/10

I love this dirty beast. I love it. Everything about that I love... I adore Jon Kartajarena and his style in the advert...I like the head shaped bottle, I attracted by the red drum shape box... I enjoy the scent itself. I was wrong , it is not similar to LIDGE from any aspect. LIDGE is for a well shaved gentleman in suit and tie. this is for a boozer in dark nights in dirty clubs.

In short, this thing smells like hot melted dark cocoa with hints of strong black peppercorn. Very very pungent stuff, unique gourmet smell but certainly not for everyone. Great for Winter but not for summer, if you are a big sweater, stay out. Last more than 6 hours on me, very great longevity.
I got to wash it of twice to get a milder scent. Overall, great unique scent but not for everyone.

As always, Gaultier surprises everyone.I actually was ansious for try this and went it was released I didn't waist any time on trying it.

At first I couldn't say if my brain was cheating me or if this fragrance was actualy great. And before haters criticise me, I am a big fan of Guerlain's L'instant, such a big fan that L'instant is in my top 1 of male perfumes. But I am also proud of saying that this one is in my top 5.

And for those that say that this perfumes doesn't have chocolate on it, just spray it and leave it in your arm for at least 8 hours and then tel me that doesn't smell like chocolate.

My overall? 8/10

I'm a big fan of Gaultier's range, but this... hmmm, something about it is not quite right. It comes close to being a great, warm, sweet and powerful scent, but then vears off at the last to become something quite clumsy. There's 'something' chemical of out-of-place with one of the basenotes. Sometimes I sit there thinking "this is lovely" but then minutes later think "jeez, what's that?!". It's longetivity and sillage are odd too - coming in-and-out of focus randomly - you can sit there without detecting it for some time and then 'bham!'.

it doesnt look like a cheap bottle, and the parfume is also not bad. the topnote is just strange, i dont think it fits to the cocoa, but when the topnote is gone, the smell is quite comfy. i blind bought it and it was strange the first time but as time goes by that cocoa sweet becomes more and more masculin i don t really recommend to buy this just buy the jpg le male if you want a jpg this is just strange...

This one pretends to be more than it actually is. It's neither exclusive, nor refreshing, and by no means sensual. Actually, it reminds me of a particular shower gel from the lower price range. Enough said.

I get the similarity with L'Instant, but Kokorico is more interesting with its almost unbearable cacophonic opening of fig leaves (it's claimed), cacao, patchouli and stuff. The top gives me a huge puff's worth of weird powder. After a good while the cedar and vetiver come to the rescue and freshen the whole thing up with a pleasant sharp bite, cutting through all that powder and dissonance. If it delivers on projection and longevity I'd give it a 4/5, regardless of the unappealing packaging.

I do agree with 'blueberry' on the point that Kokorico has received much undue criticism. However, where our opinions differ, is where I do think that Kokorico does bear striking similarities to L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme, and L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme Eau Extreme.

What I fail to understand, is how some of the same reviewers can say that they like L'Instant, some even call it a masterpiece, then in the same breath, hate on Kokorico, when they smell identical.

And as for those who dislike the bottle, because they say it's 'ugly' but like L'Instant --- that's just stupid. Have you seen the L'Instant bottle? Talk about ugly!

As crazy as it may sound, I bought Kokorico mainly because of its bottle, and I knew that it smells identical to L'Instant. If nothing else, this scent is housed by a chic bottle, which utilizes the clever artistic double entendre of the male profile, and makes a great visual for conversation and debate. I also got a 100mL bottle of it for less than $40 USD.

Daring scent ..... Just give it a chance and you will start to love it....

Initial apply is menthol(maybe fig leaf) and powder with some woody notes, then reminds L'Instant de Guerlain PH but only for a while, then continues with the menthol and powdery pattern, don't let it/people fool you that it is similar or alternative to L'Instant de Guerlain PH, absolutely different than it and has its own way, somehow has powdery minty similarities with Le Male.
The name and bottle are weird and childish however the scent itself is not that bad.
The projection and longevity are good also.

sorry guys (and jean paul), but THIS... I´m almost out of words. Unfortunately one of the scents which do cause me a headache instantly. But i have to say at least it seperates a bit from the common stuff, but still not my choice ...

One of the worst openings I've experienced in recent memory. Drydown improves.

Only resembles L'Instant for a bit, and then goes off on its own. Starts off just plain awful, and as it dries down, it climbs up to being decent - but that's where it maxes out.

It's slightly interesting as it develops, but it simply isn't good enough to pull you in. Ah well, I didn't have the highest of hopes anyway...

Wow! this scent is powerful spicy, warm,sexy,last forever awsome on my skin.i think this was made for people with personality.

i give 8.5/10

Kokorico has received a handful of downright scorn, hate and condemnation - totally unjustified, in my view. Having tested it three times on my skin, I got reaffirmed each time this was precisely my cup of tea and decided to go for a full bottle.
I do understand it cannot be compared to Guerlain's masterpiece - L'Instant Extreme, however, if you take into consideration the simplicity of the notes and the idea behind the fragrance, and if you like cocoa and patchouli to the extent I do, you should not be disappointed.

Kokorico is as simple as that - a nice, warm, mellow sweetish mixture of cocoa and patch and that is what constitutes its essence. It is enveloping like a soft blanket, relaxing and having this strange effect on me - I cannot stop salivating when sniffing it from my wrists. Wow, a truly yummy chocolaty patchouli!

I get a bit of vetiver and some cedar in the background as well, but Kokorico boils down to the two main ingredients on my skin, they play first fiddle, and if there is some fig leaf, I must be anosmic to it but that is not a problem since the effect is just great and so captivating. All in all, Kokorico has already become my comfort scent.

Longevity: superb, the scent lingers on skin even after washing it off.
Sillage: rather low on me, a comfort zone fragrance
Category: UNISEX hands down!
Recommended use: all year round except for hot summer days, rather casual.

JPG, with every scent I try, you win my heart more and more ...

Kokorico...please DONT buy this guided by those who push it so high to compare it with L'instant Extreme!!!
it has nothing in common there is no coco just Fig and too much going on on the top not mixing together is like you had sprayed more than one frag but not suitable one to the other. L'istant Extreme is a piece of art, i have it and i enjoy it like nothing else, i got a sample of kokorico and waste it all trying to make it grow on me but nothing happened.
just pass it.n
ever would buy it

The bottle is a nice eye catcher -- A bald man with a nozzle sticking out of his pate, hmm, nice! But the negative reviews here have put me off even testing it.

I like this one very much and I think in a few time many people vill understand it. I remember it was the same reaction with Le Mâle more than 15 years ago.
I respect opinions and tastes, but people who smell potatoes in it should better change their nose...Even if this fragrance is a little bit earthy...
Tout ce qui est excessif n'a pas d'importance.
8 / 10

JPG discovered the wheel in 2011 but it has been discovered long before...the scent is common, colorless. Kokorico is the living proof that JPG needs inspiration or they need to change their "nose" agents that are used to copy not to invent. In my point of view less is more, they should stick to their big success "Le male" because they can't surpass it.

oh boy! Cacao done wrong, opening is yuck yuck
SMELLS LIKE POTATOES

L'INSTANT is CACAO done right.

it is just not a good scent

Tried this on my way home from work tonight. It starts off smelling a bit like Largerfeld's Photo, then it dries down to a leather/rubber scent before moving down a notch to smell like rosemary and frankincense. Then it quietly fades to practically nothing. All this happens within a couple of hours.

C'mon Jean Paul, you gotta be kidding!

Tested this today at Debenhams in London. OMG...this stuff is gruesome! I was hoping the cacao and patchouli would be great but I was dying to get back home and wash it off me asap! I hope the genius who decided to put fig leaf as the opening note was sacked!! What a s**t idea! It dominates and annoys you so severely that by the time the cacao seeps in, you've given up in disgust! And £55 for 100ml is no way justifiable for the way it smells. Off my "to buy" list.....right now!

For some aspects Kokorico, together with Dsquared Potion and Victor&Rolf Spicebomb, is surely among the most interesting designer fragrances of the last five years or so but, at the same time, it is neither innovative nor groundbreaking and, most of all, while being surely nice, it's anything but fantastic. In fact, it just takes several ideas already develpoed by other brands, and put them together.

Take the gourmandic cocoa note of L'Instant and add to it a slight green leafy fig undertone, pair it with the youthful vibe of many of the latest Givenchy deliveries and enrich it with a dollop of Angel/A*Men and you'll have Kokorico's top and heart. For the base, you have to move to Rochas and, more precisely, to Lui. A masculine cedarwood / Iso E Super overload that while resulting somewhat appealing, it is still nowhere close being novel.

That being said, if you're into current/modern designer, Kokorico is definitely worth checking out.

Rating: 7/10

Debo confezar que no es para cualquier persona, ni para cualquier clima, pero a mi me parece una fragancia completamente distina a otras que haya olido , tiene la mezcla perfecta de cacao y patchuli, muy recomendado.

Omg, I'm so into this fragrance :D It s really good on my skin! Love it, I'll buy it asap :P

I guess this is fabulous! You need to try it on your skin, let it rest, and then, you can smell it. Its great to wear at night, its long lasting and very yummy =P

for me an horrible and undefinable scent!

Such a good idea for a fragrance! Dry unsweetened and woody cocoa had me imagining dark bitter chocolate on a relaxing night in. In practice though, it comes off a little bit unbalanced.

The cocoa smells synthetic and very strong, dominating the other notes, and unfortunately not being particularly pleasant. Longevity is crazy

This fragrance with higher quality materials and more of a balanced pyramid I think I would really like. Kudos for JPG to try something a bit more out there, but this is not for me.

I do not know whether it is the smell of chocolate

Is the smell of a new unfamiliar light is not strong formal

"Kokorico" is all about cocoa powder on my skin. A very linear fragrance with hints... junt hints... of some woody notes that help to balance the fragrance. I can't feel any fig leaf, but maybe it's there, completely muted by the cocoa powder.
I also expected the bottle to be more interesting, but it's kinda dull.

"Kokorico" is not groundbreaking as "Le Male" was when it was released, but it's a nice gourmand fragrance that it's not very different from many other gourmand fragrances out there.
Longevity and sillage are okay with me... around 6-7 hours... but they never scream "Honey, I'm home" as "Le Male" does.

This is one of those perfumes that force you to do Michael Jackson’s MOON WALK instantly as soon as you sniff the test strip! Honestly my head bounced back as a Self-protection reaction.
I think if you want to punch someone desperately, and yet you don’t want to bear legal consequences, the best way is, to spray yourself with Kokorico and give that person a nice hug!

Ya, it really has something of 80's.
When it starts it kicks and from beginning it screams "Hey everybody I'm here, please notice me", and it screams and screams few hours in the same note ufortunately. I do not like it. After 8 hours it begins to be bearable and even nice. Sweet, manly base is quite interesting. But it's too late.

Fragrance: 2/10
Longevity: 10/10 extreme
Bottle: 1/10 i do not like this corny type of bottles

Gaultiers Kokorico is super creative and let me tell you why :

This is an ODE to 80's GLAM!! The bottle and font used is great! well designed!!

For the first time since years i smelled a designer fragrance (this one) which is not that good (understatement)in the openening and dries down better as the old powerhouse scents did in the 80's !!

Let me explain : every scent nowadays must be good from the first whiff... no waiting for the juice to kick in.. when a person wants a new scent he must be attracted at once..

Not this, im really curious on this one, as it doesnt follow the masses and goed his own way..
Drydown is superb against its opening...

Its created by Cresp (muglers angel) and Mennardo (Bvlgari Black,jaipur,Lolita Lempicka)together
two people who love the deepest with odd materials

The opening yucks me out i smell :
Cheap cacao in a saturated wet decaying musty basement floor... (ok can you follow me??)
I almost wanted to write that this is a decaying zombie decendant of Thierry Muglers A-men ...

As if this scent is a joke from the team from gaultier, like "hahaha we fooled ya didnt we!!"
ok wait for it it gets better...after 20-30 minutes it evolves into an great warm excentric sulty scent!!! truly amazing like the beauty and the beast..
This kicks againt all mainstream fragrances.

I bow deeply for the team who made Kokorico they HAD BALLS to bring this out in these times..

IT IS THE WORST FRAGRANCE I HAVE SMELLED,NOTHING NEW
IN THIS ONE AND I WAS THINKING THAT IT WILL BE SOMTHING BETTER THAN THE MASTERPIECE WHICH IS
''LE MALE''BUT,UNFORTUNATELY NOTHING WILL BE LIKE
''LA MALE''.

Boring and interesting frag at the same time, you can smell the conformity in it as it moves on a popular way but its plucky and even a little bit antisocial. It tries to be in the center of attention, it is loud, it is hilarious and the same time ridiculous.
The rooster-like cloth in the commercial is just pure win.

Perhaps a bit young for me but I don't care. I'll wear this on weekends when I'm cruising with the top down or riding my Harley. I wanted something I could alternate with Play Intense when I'm in one of my "badboy" moods and this should do just fine. Nightclubbing and live outdoor concerts will be fantastic venues for this. Sprayed some on in the early evening and could easily smell this the next morning. The dark cocoa is more of a bittersweet smell and not the sweet yum yum chocolate of Play Intense. All in all and good purchase for me and my modest collection.

@gabriel.acosta i came to realize that only the opening is similar to L'instant and only slightly.L'instant is far more elegant(deep cacao) smooth and sexy, whereas kokorico(prominent fig leaves) takes another road and becomes dirtier-more metallic and dare i say a little "crazy" smelling(just like the model's dance in the ad). I would say that L'instant is inimitable-original mature and confident. kokorico is a messy-yet enjoyable and OUT LOUD fragrance.Cheers :)

So it is a copy of L'Instant by Guerlain? tell me the truth, I would ask for my birthday but I'm confused.

How far can one go in order to be different?
"Kokorico" is more an experiment than it is a perfume.
As a smell.. well, any perfumer with a common sense would find it more descriptive than wearable [honestly the unpleasant top and middle notes are there only to support the very unusual heavy base (which BTW for anyone who plays with aromachemicals isn't unusual at all), a base that lacks the formidable French finesse we all know and admire].
Of course it isn't "Le Male", sadly, but the bottle and packaging are well thought out and well executed!
It will be interesting to see how well it does and if it manages to set a trade given the fact the pubblicity is enormous but, personally, I can't like it.
"Kokorico" is a characteristic example of "better be different than good" in a world where "better be different and better" is the quality in demand (don't ask me why..).
Lastly, the name is fabulous but "Film Noir" would be more to the point. :-)

I got as a present, the bottle looks amazing, JPG has the best presentation.. it smelled "Expensive" and "Yummy" i think thats cuz i got a sweettooth .. so far so good .. ill update you on the compliments ill be getting soon ;p





NOTE: It reminds me of Givenchy's "very irresistible" .. but it smells far more better cuz its less intesnse and doesnt make you choke ..

Kokorico in Greek means exactly the rooster’s cry (and with "k" pls), as well as "mad" (in slug). As for the fragance, its really a great one. Apart from the very unusual top who reminds me fig leaves mixed with daisy's , the drydown is splendid! And the longevity was above average. Well done Jean-Paul (at last!!!)

Yep! this is a close scent to guerlain l'instant with fig leaf .
I dont know how the smell of fig leaf , but i feel a green vibe mixed with the warm cocoa.
Base reminded me of thierry mugler angel man , the delicious dry down.
Not bad , i only tested it on paper , will test on my skin and write again.
Best for fall and winter.
One of the most ugly bottle i have ever seen.

EDIT :
After testing it on my skin i would say , forget what i've said :D.
This open a little like l'instant in a heavier way and with synthetic ingredients and a strange smell !! like old wool clothing , actually a terrible smell, i washed my hands and my neck because i couldn't stand it !

I´ve never been mainstream in my upbringing, neither have been my taste for fragrances, where people used to flock, I usually run away instead, dont know if its instinctional or something but so has been my take on fragrances, while everybody was running after acqua di gio I loathed it, while everyone thinks Le Male from JPG is one of the best fragrnces ever, I wouldnt put it in my top 20 of all time to say the least. So when I tried this one after 5 months of non stop curiosity I was very strict, I tried this once and boy did I love it, I tried it the second time to be very sure about exactly what my mind was already thinking. This does indeed follow L´Instant edps footsteps, and it being my signature scent I had to make sure it was goddamn worth that honour. After spraying it, I waited 5 mins to sniff on my wrist and..... this was reeeaallyy smmooth, this is easy going till one thing keeps peeping out of the similar Guerlain L Instant edp cocoa mix, I believe its the figleaf. Damn, I had no idea how only one note can change something so much, this fig leaf is present from start to end, its f**kin owesome, one might think its somethin U´d smelt before but there´s a stinging aching feeling in your mind tellin U, "hey come one" dont be silly, I´m unique" and this definatley is, I would surely buy this and guerlain if I had the bucks, they arent that similar as one would think. The silage and longevity are all above average. This is very pleasant guys, very pleasant, as much as am not givin away my L´Instant edp this is definatley gonna be its sidekick whenever I get my hands on it. Would have been the best blind buy of life if I had bought it, like I wanted to do 2 months ago. This is for me the BEST JPG ever, forget le male.

Edit: Third and final test, this time from the first minute, I get something green and dynamic/lively as if there was some minty/chocolate/tobacco thing in it, the best way to describe it is that its opening is similar to Very Irresistable Givenchy for men, then the cocoa and fig leaf kick in instantly. I can only recommend it, silage wasnt that much this time, but the longevity was above average. Overall a very good fragrance.

Koko means nothing! Cócó means poo in portuguese so in Brazil :p This fragrance is lovely and the advert is awesome!

As much as it is original and not mainstream I couldn't stand it on my skin for one minute! Totally off-putting! Some kind of cold, synthetic cocoa scent. The bottle and the box are just tacky. An absolute no-no!

Very nice cocoa frag. I would buy it if the bottle wasn´t so horrible. I mean, c´mon, anything would have have been better than this! :)
This is the only JPG fragrance I like. Le Male is the worst shit ever made. Makes me wanna throw up everytime I smell it.

I bought this Kokorico when it was first released in France in November. I bought it without smelling.Because I used to use Gaultier2 and was very happy with it. When I first smelled it, I thought it was very masculine unlike other Gaultier fragrances. But after 2-3 days I understood it was a very commercial fragrance. By this I mean, this fragrance wanted to use the glory of Rochas MAN , Black XS and 1 Million. If you mix those 3 fragrances together, you will obtain Kokorico. So there is nothing new. I still use it but when finished I don't think I will buy again as I want to be different from others by my perfume.

The cacao hits you as soon as you spray it; very velvety and dark. Then comes the smell of earth/dirt, which until now I have never been able to imagine in a cologne, but that is exactly what it smells like. Later, the scents of the forest come through and it is very woody.
LOVE the bottle design. It is a work of art.
Very masculine smell and very surprising.

tested this in Boots - first thought that popped into my head was " B Men - Theirry Mugler" .

Very similar

It's a Kokorico indeed; a rooster! So sexy and so manly; this is all about erotic charming.
The opening is gastronomic and I was trying to guess a gourmand note instead of cacao. In this step it resembles to Tierry Mugler perfumes specially Pure Havane but for its base I think Gucci pour homme 2003 is the twin one.
Anyway, the youth sexiness comes from cacao and leafy theme and I don't suggest it for more than 30, otherwise you should be so avantgarde. Its sillage is not perfect like its twins but its longevity is not bad, it lasted for 4 hours on my skin.
Overall: the scent is superb, the bottle is awful.

It was between Kokorico A*men and L'instant extreme that my mind was perplexed...My problem is I love chocolate therefore after trying all three and all were fantastic fragrances and all just as good in longevity I had to make a decision!!
Part of my decision was the bottle but another important fact was also that it was not as sweet as A*men,which is wonderful but with a beautiful and a slightly sweeter aroma from the caramel..
So it was the spice that won it for me..but the spice in which of the other two???

Yeah, Kokorico is a lot like L'Instant Pour Homme.

The top notes are a dead ringer for L'Instant - the drydown is similar as well, albeit a bit greener with a buttery fig note. I actually prefer this to L'Instant. Kokorico isn't the most original fragrance, but it's nice that Annick Menardo was able to take a smell that's already out there and make it more interesting. She's still got it.

Finally I was able to smell and see a Kokorico.
First of all, the bottle is simply magnificent, spectacular, unique, iconic, majestic, PERFECT.
The box where the bottle is packaged, is also extremely well thought out and is very cool.
As for the smell, I can say that this perfume on my skin is absolutely beautiful. I love the essence of cocoa mixed with fig leaves.
After 17 hours I have put this perfume on my arm, I could still smell him with some intensity.
The evolution of perfume is excellent.
Again, Jean Paul Gaultier does not disappoint.
He can be proud of this great perfume designed by two of the greatest masters of the world perfumery.
I also love all the marketing behind the perfume. As I like to have fun outings in the evenings, this perfume has to do with my style.
It could not be happier. I love all the products of J. P. Gaultier, and this Kokorico is no exception.
I hope to have it soon.

Thanks J. P. Gaulier, with you the world of perfumes has become something better, more original, and not afraid to take chances.

Nothing unique about this fragrance.

Why the house of JPG only released it near the end of winter is another mystery? This is so not a spring fragrance.

Anyway, If you like overly sweet fragrances then this is for you, but it just smells like every second winter fragrance on the mainstream pop market.

Hence the fact that there are so many people stating that it reminds them of this and that fragrance.

I would never wear a man´s perfume except this one maybe and "Boss nr1". This is very delicious dark chocolate fragrance that does not has that typical very masculine note, that almost every other perfume has. If i would have a boyfriend i would ask him to wear this one, so i could sniff him all the time, that much i like it. It actually drives me a bit crazy, so it can be indeed like an afrodisiac for me. Very "thick" layer of cacao, mixed with fig and patchouli, this is wht reminds me of an "Angel: the taste of fragrance" by Thierry Mugler ( and only this particular version, not the original Angel)

Awful...I think,it is a big mistake to compare with Guerlain L'instant extreme,there are very big differences between them...my note:2/10

This reveiw has been written and deleted on the same day. For a reason, I didnt detect any cacao when I smelled this....and looked closer to black XS than to L'instand for me. Oliver Cresp is the nose who signed also black XS pour homme. After the first application on the skin, I realized that this is a huge cacao smell...but not sweet like L'instand. A lot of the reviews says that this smell is not natural etc etc but I saw that the perfume is ok, artificial or not, is ok for me and not so common. The ingredients pop up easily, the fig, the cacao, the patchouli and I have to say that this is the most masculine creation of JPG. For me, for my taste, it is a nice perfume....and something that you don't smell every day....I have been misleaded by the bad reviews in the internet but the perfume is something personal. I have over 150 bottles and I would like to say that this is a perfume that lasts, good sillage and something that smells better when you are afar than very close to the person who wears it. According to studies, women love the smell of wood and chocolate so indeed this perfume should be aphrodisiac. I dont see me buying this one but I accept that someone may like it a lot. I prefer the previous creations of JPG and it was time for something different. The only similarities with the previous jpg is the sweetness.

I finally smelled this and too me it's smells like Kenneth Cole RSVP. Maybe it's jus me but that's what I get

توجه به قیمتش بهتره تست بشه مدتی ، چون اینجا تو نظرات دوستان دیگه هم دیدم که دوامش رو ضعیف دونستند
البته که میشه بو رو به نظرم از دسته بوهای پودری دانست...

ببینید توصیف این بو سخته یه کم . میتونم بگم اگر دنبال یه بوی عجیب هستید این یکی از بهترین کارهاست . وقتی اونو خوب بو میکردم بوهای متفاوتی را حس میکردم همزمان. نمیخوام بگم زیاد شبیه ولی شاید بوش یاداور بویی مثل PRADA AMBER INTENSE باشه کمی.
خلاصه میشه گفت به نظرم تو اون کلاس بو قرار داره.
من اون رو روی این کاغذهای تست بو کردم ، و احساس کردم که بوش دوام کمی داشت چون کمکم محو شد! حالا باز باید تست بشه ....

I am in love with Kokorico! many say it is like L'instant and yes it has coco like it but un like L'instant Kokorico has a more woody, musk scent, where as l'instant has a powery under tone. I like them both very much but would not consider them identical. I see Kokorico as the working tough city twin to L'instant the wall street Classy business brother. You would like to go out with each but to different parties.

I like the image, the bottle, the packaging - they are superb. But there is no idea behind all this beautiful decoration - just a slightly modified version of L'Instant de Guerlain Extreme pour Homme. The perfume doesn't sound originally, it always reminds of this precessor, so wearing it is a little bit confusing. And it's not sexy as you can expect from Gaultier fragrances, but just nice, calm and even a little bit boring. I like the bottle on the shelf, but I wish it was a "juice with a twist" inside, JPG twist. Instead of this we have just a "normal" men's perfume which, being almost a copy of Guerlain's masterpiece, lacks refinement and lasting power of L'Instant pour Homme...

got a sample of this, wonderful fragrance, i like almost all of annick menardo's fragrances..but this does smell very similar to guerlain Linstant' which i already have the extreme version..which is one of my all time favorites. so no purchase for me. i would recommend it. the bottle is a little much for me. will probably end up being a collectors item.

I think the bottle is JPG's own head, rather odd, but it does look a bit like my husband!!!
I HAD to try this, even though it's male as the wonderful Annick Menardo worked on it. Its odd that between two people who have created ground breaking, warm and seductive scents they have turned this out. I hate to say but it smells a bit cheap. Therefore it may not have been a bad composition to begin with, it's probably to do with accountants again! Stick to 'Le Male' or Bvlgari Black for a good fix.
All in all a 'Kocorico!!(Rooster)....without the balls

This one doesn't really remind of Attitude/B*Men, because Kokorico has notably less amount of patchouli. However it is almost a full copy of Guerlain L'instant Pour Homme Extreme. Kokorico is more powdery from the start and becomes fresher in the dry down. To me the new JPG is more wearable than L'Instant. The problem is that it has zero sillage and awful, AWFUL longevity. Sorry, Jean Paul...

The bottle and especially the outer package are cool.

i have honestly never wanted to wash something off my wrist after sampling and i am the most fussy person when it come to fragrances

I cant believe Annick Menardo made this its awful!!!!!

honestly smells like coco powder and fountain pen ink!!! Does that sound good to u?? people will actually be offended when u wear this!

sooooo disappointed because i love her stuff and i love JPG

Dont buy it for the brand and the bottle its a piece of shit!

Although i love armani attitude like this fragrance they both made it together, I blame Olivier Cresp for this bad notes lol

But i guess its all about what Jean Paul Gaultier wants in his fragrances...

If the juice was amazing inside they would sell millions simply because of the brand, the awesome bottle and concept..... Disappointed :(

Been waiting for this fragrance to come out for ages. Very Disapointed with it. It smells the same as Givenchy Very Irresistable with the Cacao smell. Hardly a fragrance that's got stand out much from the crowd. Didn't last more than 2 hours on my skin. Where as Gaultier Le Male and Gaultier 2 last 6+ hours.

Waited to get this. At first spray i was pushed back with how strong the patchouli and fig leaf almost a musky hit. but after it warmed up on my skin it got soft and powdery coco scent. it was not gourmand or sweet but light and fresh. I also get the a bit of a lavander hint or it might be the combination of notes. I like it. the projection is not big on me, it is very close to the skin which I like. I hate my cologne to arrive before me. With a warm sweater and a smile it is fantastic. the dry down drove my partner wild especially since I used a bit below the belt and mixed with that warmth, need I say more. I love it. I have seen many talk about L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme put since I have not tried that I can not comment. The bottle is SO JPG, I expect nothing other from him. And as for the name it is a play on the cock as well as the rich scent of coco. hence koko'rico which translated loosely means rich coco. or referencing the sound a cock would make in the AM. I get it Mr. JPG I get it and love it.

I seen that Boots had this today and I rushed to smelll as JPG is one of my favourite fragrance houses. And to my horror I was appalled at how generic and non-JPG this fragrance was.

If I had tested this with my eyes closed I would have sworn this was something threw together by maybe Lacoste or Hugo Boss.

It's generic, boring and I don't get that fanatasic cacoa that is listed.

This smells like a cross between Lacoste challenge and sprayed over amen.

SO DISAPPOINTED MR GAULTIER! :(

An invigorating cocoa scent which is lovely and lasts quite well, but it is mostly a clone of another scent..

I applied 6 heavy sprays

0-4 hours -.1.5 foot projection, sometimes intermittent. Invigorating cocoa scent which seems to have removed any heaviness from cocoa to leave a cocoa scent which is refreshing and lovely. However, this is scent is a doppleganger of another scent - L'Instant Gueralin EXTREME Pour Homme - I would say 95% the same as, once Gueralin settles down. The 5% difference is that there is a little blandness at times with this scent. Surely if you are to copy another scent, you copy most and add a slight change to cover your tracks?

4- 7 hours- 6 inch projection. Same smell, linear. A very, very small amount of soapiness shows it head every now and then

7-9 hours. Close to skin, Drydown does see a move away from L'instant Gueralin Extreme, and a mid-mature manly twist is added..

Lasts for days on clothes and the longer it goes, the less it smells like Guerlain

You can get smaller bottles with this than Gueralin which is useful to know, as I would think most would be either one or the other. A 50ml bottle of this is more affordable than Guerlain, however I prefer Gueralin as it has a slightly better scent and a different opening which adds to the experience

Very Good

I don't really know how I feel about this one... it's been on my arm for about an hour - just tested it. It's 50% annoying, 50% intriguing. I love Annick Menardo more than any other perfumer, so I was looking forward to this. It's actually quite reminiscent of the previous Menardo & Cresp collaboration, Armani Attitude. Just bigger. And massively so. All the elements are there: the fig, the cacao, the patchouli. This is no small scent; it's as cocky as its name suggests. Definitely try it first. I'll have to again before deciding how I truly feel about it.

It opens slightly green, acrid and dry. I expected something fresher though!
Then cocoa, cocoa and more cocoa but not in a gourmand way as it melts with warm, dry woods (ambrox perhaps?) creating a bitter dry cocoa scent with green notes in the background that definitively is not fig leaf accord. Perhaps, the vetiver becomes more apparent...But there's also something sweet and creamy, quiet at the start that gets louder as the perfume progresses.

"Kokorico" is linear and only changes slightly after 20mt after apply, where an anise-like iris (and maybe lavender?) shows presence. To my nose is a very similar floral note as "Paul Smith Man"; soft, spicy iris note minimized to the maximum.

When the drydown arrives, you still waiting for the "Ba Ba Boom" aspect in it, but sadly, everything is pretty much gone.
That is it. End of the story.
The remains: cheap and synthetic cocoa with vague patchouli and wood accords.
At this point it smells cheap, so much that loses any quality.Disappointing.

It lacks projection to be noticiable enough and the fragrance longevity is just a joke: 2 hours and it's completely gone. Dissapear. Caput!
It doesn't have a great personality as it has many similarities with some other perfumes as "B*Men", "L'istant Guerlain" or "Very Irresistible Men" so don't you expect nothing new under the sun.

Ah! Interesting. Fig leaf, patchouli, cedar and vetiver (does anyone else sense hints of lavender and tonka as well?) has the effect of "sueding" the bitter cocoa with dryness. There is also a flower- very subtle- not mentioned in the notes: gardenia, perhaps? It sympathizes with the tonka forming a hint of sweetness. The overall effect is like a fantastic leather made of dark chocolate. Absolutely it is influenced by its gourmand predecessors, yet it is unique in its own right- can't beat the bottle!

Top notes are funny, dry down is better. Not a bad fragrance, but a weak one. Something similar and stronger does exist: Montale Greyland.

I finally received a sample from a good friend of mine in France. Yes it shares similarities with L'instant and VI givenchy. Nice, fresh,fig leaves+cacao opening.Pretty linear-smells slightly like paint and magazine pages. LOL. I prefer my perfumes strong and incense-y. I am not buying it. i ll get me something else for the holidays.

seriously...i am very p-off.why on earth do they have so many release dates- as if it were a movie?i wanted to try and probably buy one of those excellently crafted bottles but was left in disappointment. Having no idea when this is going to be released for instance in Greece, i was waiting for a descent answer.Their customer service sucks big time, and my excitement went down the hill.not to mention that the States will get it in 2013 right after the world destruction.


p.s profiteering from it on e-bay is something to laugh about.sorry sellers...

I have such dubious impression from this one..when I tried it the other day the first thing I smelled was spicy-herby cocoa..as the juice settled down it turned into cloying chocolate smell..it was not entirely unpleasant but definitely too sweet for me..I'm guessing it works differently with a man's body chemistry and doesn't turn as cloyingly sweet..
the bottle is awesome, and in this particular case it represents the juice quite well. It must appeal to a certain kind of man..looking forward to smelling it on a man..

the project speak very Gaultier! The bottle is a bit cryptic (police did smt very similar then)

I think it won't have the same success of Le Male, but this fragrance fits me much more!

reminds me b*men

Anup found it on Beauty Encounter. According to him (I'm friends with him in real life), it's good stuff. Apparently the closest thing to it is Very Irresistable for Men by Givenchy, although Kokorico is leagues better. Also, it's apparently like a greener, less sweet version of cK One Shock for Him. I can't wait to try it.

A fantastic and refreshing release from a house that i believe is aware of their"over-played" factor. Gaultier is a smart man, with a good sense of humor.
The bottle instead of being tailored to the liken of a males torso, is instead shaped to the silhouette of Jean Pauls own cranium. "Coco"(rico) glides through the entire fragrance, dry and acrid, complimented by an ever so sweet cedar accord upon dry-down. Also upon drying the vetiver becomes apparent making everything about the scent green tinted. I don't know what fig leaves smell like, but, there is a mealy and slightly glucose-y creamed rice accord. This accord is quiet at the start and becomes louder as the perfume progresses though it's life on the skin.

A fantastic release
Smell: 9
Longevity: 10
Sillage: 10

This opens like L'Instant de Guerlain Extreme, but winds up smelling exactly like Just Different from Hugo Boss. Very disappointed. I already own and love Just Different.

update : it only lasts 1 hour on me :(

This bottle is simply fabulous, cant wait until we see a female version of this on the market. Simly for the bottle alone I'll scoop one up! A Collector's 'must have'

This one is a big patchoulie bomb ! for all those who think this is going to be a sweat fragrance..its not the case people, 0 sweetnes in this one. it actually smells good but only lasts 2 hours on my skin, projection is week to :( .. i guess you could pull this off on warm days because its not to heavy.
Also the opening reminds me of Givenchy very irresistible, but with out the sweetnes.

Opens with a fresh note of fig leaf. Then warms up, heralding the sweet note of cocoa. Cedar and vetiver root complete the fragrance’s woody dimension.

oh boy, I just saw the ad, now i m really confused, but I bet its great to see it while being high... also, I wanted to add that the box of the perfume ( looks like a giant red tuna box ) is also very fun!

For me, Kokorico is the proof that oud is going to be playing an important role in mainstream perfumery as well.

It starts with oud and than rather quickly dries down to a a typical JPG orange flower smelling scent, I d say it s very similar to Gaultier2. I did like it, but I wish the oud part would stay longer, weirdly I only smelled it at the beginning.

Cocoricó is the equivalent to the english Cook a Doodle Doo, when the chicken awakes early in the morning.Strange name for a fragrance indeed

While I like chocolate in fragrance, I was nevertheless quite surprised that Gaultier jumped on the "cocoa wagon" quite this late. Still, as I luv the note in a blend (& on my skin), I'm not exactly complaining. And besides it's not so much the ingredients used but the way the perfumer artistically manipulates them that matters, not so !?
I was expecting the choc' to be a top note, (& while it's certainly there throughout the blend it's more in the background), I was surprised that it was actually most prominent at the drydown. A quiet dusting of dark cocoa powder is what's basically left on the skin towards the end and last to leave. This is most definitely not the sweet "bombe au chocolat" I had been expecting. It's in fact much lighter and "greener" overall.
The real surprise however was the intensity of the musk right up front & first, with it's somewhat "animalic" opening. (It's unusual for musk to make it's presence quite so early on, usually reserving itself for a "dénouement"). A gorgeous Patchouli note is also immediately apparent from the beginning. Soon joined by the Fig Leaf & Cocoa accord. The scent certainly announces it's here, ready & willing for attention.
It then progresses more virile & masculine, becoming increasingly woodier in the heart with it's blend of a "papyrus-sy" like Vetiver & prominent Cedarwood. (The Cedar is a touch loud here. And the gorgeous Patchouli note is somewhat "greener" than usual. Probably due to said "Fig Leaf", I imagine ?) ~ There is also a "DiorHomme-esque" type Iris note (albeit much lighter !) to soften and round out all the edges a touch. ( Iris & Choc play ever so well together ! )
- And they haven't mentioned Licorice in the notes list, but I'm pretty sure I can smell some in the mix !?
(Once here the scent becomes somewhat reminiscent of a frag I already know, however I can't quite place my finger on which exactly ???)
Oddly enough by the time you get to the drydown, most of the musk is already and unusually pretty much gone. Leaving, as I said before, mostly just a veil of cocoa powder behind, with a vague woodsy/ambery facet. - (At least on my skin.)
All in all, it's not as amazing as I had hoped for. But it's certainly a nice enough masculine composition that I'm pretty sure will find many fans. (Especially amongst those who found "Le Male" far too loud and strong.)
And as for the bottle, I think it's fantasticly designed. (Gaultier showing off his roman nose & butt in one fell swoop.) ~ That's cool !

~ Projection is great at first but then dies down to more intimate level halfway. ( Which is actually a good thing IMO )
~ The tenacity / longevity is medium to pretty good. (±8hrs on me)
~ Overall it gets a pretty reasonable 7.5 stars out of 10 from me !
~ Certainly not ground-breaking by any means, but still smells pretty good to me ! (But then I do have a weakness to patchouli, and it has got a gorgeous patch note ... )

From the notes I keep thinking that this might smell good on a woman too. About the ingeniousness of the notes: I think the award this time goes to the designer of the bottle!

i must say even if the fragrance itself smells like raw sewage i will buy it just cuz of the cool looking bottle, but i must say that i am actually excited about this fragrance and i hope it lives up to the hype

Can't wait to try this one but a bit baffled by the ratings and reviews for a fragrance that has not yet been released.

Sooo cool bottle!
It is shaped like a sculpture of a male head from one side, and it looks like a torso (black Le Male bottle) from the other perspective.

The notes are very interesting!
Cacao is one of my favorite notes!
I just cant wait to get my hands on this one!

In the English language, a roosters onomatopoeia is Cock-a-doodle-doo, which is pretty ridiculous.
I was hoping this bottle would have a slot in the bottom where you can insert the nozzle of Le Male. Then hopefully, one day, JPG will come out with arms and legs

I am eager to smell this perfume...
The creators are a genius...
JPG is a master...
The olfactory notes are among my favorite...
Certainly I will have this perfume...
I can not wait...

@emre the notes are just your type and you are mine :) kokorico will be released beginning of September 2011(in Europe).

p.s this isn't any mans head its a younger version of monsieur gaultier.have fun exploring... :)

lol.. stunning name. but better use a cocks head instead of a man :D but anyone can find it please inform us.. the notes are just my type..

Cocoricó? Oh, God!
ROFL!

"Cocoricó", in Portuguese, is the sound that the chicken makes when it clucks! AHAHAHA

COCORICÓÓÓÓÓÓÓ!!!

It's also a TV show name for kids. There is a farm, a cow, a horse, and lots of chicken! Lots of stuff!

Men in Brazil: NEVER EVER tell a woman you wear Kokorico! AHAHAHA

In my language the Kokorico refers to an indocile/untamed lock of hair on the top of one's head and now that I had a look at the bottle it makes perfect sense :-)

P.S. Could some of you advise if Kokorico feels strictly masculine or would it also suit a woman, please??? So curious because it contains my beloved notes :-)

I don't find the bottle original, just interesting and slightly provoking. The head has been done already by Anna Sui's Dolly Girls, and colour combination by Comme des Garcons - Pearly Monster.

Look at the pictures above! Is there 2 versions of the bottle? A head one and another is a body like Le Male????

might be the missing head, it´s getting creepier and creepier.
And I thought that le Male was the utmost example of bad taste?

The scent might be good, the bottle is reminescent from the 80' which is a plus, nowadays the perfume bottles are so wanna-be-luxury objects, and this one is so sculptural and kitch :) I like it, waiting to try the scent.