Maxim's pour Homme Maxim's de Paris for men

This appeared on the scene when rosey florals for men were hot-the end of the 1980s. Equitos, Tenere, Boss No 1, and Jazz all held lots of rose.

I found a bottle around 1992 on closeout and used it as a alternate signature through the lighter decade, simply for the fact that no one else used this class. My bottle is very low and many of the notes are off today-evident that I rocked Maxims in the day.

The bottle redinded me of a classy automobile grill, complete with the radiator cap. The light leather note reminded me of the seats in my dreamcar. It was luxurious and very French. It was always the fragrance I wore to dinner-hence its namesake.

I have always been a sucker for oakmoss and this held lots of it. The IFRA would confiscate my entire collection. The rose and jasmine stood out just enough.

Its too dark and traditional for todays lighter, sweeter crowd. I always yearn for a bottle, yet it has been reformulated. Such memories...

I find this to be much more about wood and spices than leather. In fact, I get little to no leather from this fragrance. Instead, it is an oakmoss intensive ambery spicy wood lovers dream. It reminds me of Francesco Smalto without the smokiness and with some vanilla and lavender added. A very pleasant and warm fragrance, albeit very old school. If vintage is your thing, you will like this. It does dry down a little on the musky side, and salty at that.

This is a quality fragrance with at least decent longevity and projection/"silage." There is, however, a kind of clash that I don't find enjoyable. I think it might be the leather and wood. The leather is strong at first, then gives way to the wood. It may be the kind of thing that I can get used to and enjoy if I wear it a few more times. However, at the moment, I prefer leather fragrances like The Knize Ten and Gomma. I'm not a huge wood fragrance fan, though some with pine, like Green Jeans, I find enjoyable. As time goes on, it's mostly a slightly vanillic, sligtly musky, woody fragrance. Perhaps it's just a matter of which notes you enjoy most, but this one does not have a "wow factor" drydown for me.

krmarich I think the perfume is available for purchase on their official site