PS Fine Cologne Paul Sebastian for men

It is the smell of Ted Knight in Caddyshack. seriously, If you were standing at the desk counter at the condo, or the counter at the golf "pro" shop, and a golf cart filled with white haired guys wearing polo shirts polyester pants and white shoes, this is what they smell like.

i like it. my wife definitely does not like it. she said it smells like my father. he wears old school cheap stuff like generic skin bracer. you know the green stuff for after shaving. not even the name brand stuff...dollar store junk.

if you like that genre of fragrance, this is a far more refined, very well done old man smell...

PS finds a wonderful spot picked for it in casual; however, my tastes and my body chemistry work best in the evening and after dinner; therefore, as for me, PS is definitely within the formal range more for its exotic beautiful blends than for anything else.

There was a time in PS's history that was unique and as unusual as anything; actually it spoiled me rotten. My first exposure to PS was through their VSOP edition. I literally had folks following me in the stores and restaurants just to acquire the name of what I was wearing -- for their husbands. My brother even asked me what I was wearing and I told him, "Oh it's Paul Sebastian" totally forgetting the VSOP part (actually at the time I wasn't aware that PS had any other selections!)

He rang me immediately and said the difference between the two more than justified the amount they both costed. Nuff' said. I did however much the same as a wine taster scoured the earth for VSOP; to date, I have never found its proper substitute. Thank you.

A nice classic spicy oriental for men - in line with Opium for women. I just wish they would up date that cheap spray bottle the whole cap comes off when take the cap off!

I also think a women can pull this fragrance off with no problem.

All I get is boy your sure smell good from all the women I meet or know. Its the best very refreshing and lasting fragrance . Bought some but was counterfeit. Need to make sure where to buy the real product.

This cologne is might seem an old-fashion one, but I get more compliments than all of my other "modern" colognes. There is a trick that you must know about it though: One spray is enough. you might use two but never use more than two and make sure you don't spray it on your cloths because it lasts forever and makes you sick after 10 hours but it will be there even after 48 hours if you spray it on the cloths. So one or maximum two spray is enough and you will get a lot of compliments. When you spray a little of it, it smells very nice and is kind of flowery, but believe me it can be very rude and annoying in hot weather. Overall I put it in LIKE category.

PS Fine Cologne is a top-notch fragrance that I always get compliments on. I especially like wearing it in colder weather, but it smells good any time of year. It does indeed last, and honestly, of all the colognes I've worn, this one consistently gets me the most compliments. Truly remarkable in every way. I don't think you can go wrong with this. It's a classic spicy aroma, and one spray is sufficient. I like to compare it to an ultra-improved version of Old Spice. And I do mean -improved-. Trust me, people around you will love this. Just try it.

here are the notes everyone:

top: Lavender, Sage
heart: Artemisia
base: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Myrrh, Musk

fragonard: it's not incense; it's MYRRH.

when are you gonna correct the notes list??????????????? it's wrong. please respect your viewers.

I love PS. It is truly an "iron fist in a velvet glove" sort of fragrance.

One spray and it's delightful....it wavers between an aromatic and an oriental fragrance with more than a touch of class and formality. It also lasts until it is washed off.

More than one spray, and those same qualities will assault and batter you. The "iron fist" comes out. This side of the cologne is cheap, loud, rude, and offensive. The sillage is measured in yards, not feet, and it won't calm down until you shower it away.

Despite it's rough side, I love this fragrance for its strength, formality, refinement and sheer class. It reminds me in turns of a classier Old Spice or Sex Appeal, and a potent aromatic like Brut (in its original form....not the new stuff). It can be very lovely, just don't take it for granted or you will pay the consequences. Consequences that can empty a crowded room faster than a fire alarm.

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I'm sorry: I meant MYRRH.

Please kindly correct the note list. Some people like myself are allergic to incense. I blind bought it without knowing that it contains incense. No further comments.

the notes pyramid here is wrong.

guest wait till late fall or better yet winter,spritz some and then decide if it suits you. here in the caribbean i use this deep in winter when the temp. dips at night to lower 50's.ciao!

I'm sorry, but this stuff smells cheap!
For the folks that say this doesn't smell dated,
you are kidding yourselves. V.S.O.P. and Brownstone,
which were also created by Paul Sebastian, are superior in every way, shape and form - more sensuous, more distinguished and much classier.
PS smells like something you'd find at a drug store!

Thumbs Down!

floral and warm in a suffisticated way.can be unisex.easy on the triger.ciao!

I really really love this PS. It is one of the absolute best cologne/ scents for man I have ever smelled. I got it for my fiancé, and he really likes PS. He gets a lot of compliments. I love the Myrrh in it. The oak moss and sage keep it masculine though the ylang ylang, jasmine and rose give it that extra touch to make it a winner. Even some women love to wear it. A keeper always and forever

What an unusual one this is! I bought it untested and proceeded to try it. At first I could hardly smell anything, whereas both my wife and daughter said that they could smell it 5 feet away.

It was only after the ethanol had evaporated that I could really smell it. It is the only fragrance I have that I can truly say that it actually gets stronger after the first 5 or so minutes.

What is so impressive with this fragrance is that it is smooth and classy. Yes, it is old fashioned, but then again that is because (unlike many top-note heavy modern fragrances) it doesn't barrage you with a salvo of top notes only to reveal very little in the middle.

It is as others have said, a floral/spicy/musk fragrance. To me it is like a cross between Lagerfeld classic and Old Spice (or maybe Touch by Fred Hayman) - but I like it more than either of them.

It has great longevity and projection without having any notes that are really jarring. It's there in the background working. If it was music it would be that comfortable type that you put on while you're doing something, which doesn't make you stop and listen, but which makes whatever you are doing a whole lot more enjoyable.

The refillable bottle is also a bonus (especially for one who 'messes around' with perfume making as I do).

This scent was worn by one of my lovers in college and to this day I find it extremely sexy and multifaceted. Why else would it be the favorite fragrance of an 18 yr old (who's now 30 something), his father, my neighbors father-in-law and my 70 something Uncle Bill? Because it is so many things to so many people...

I think of it as an 80s powerhouse fragrance and applied lightly (Not like my old lover) it can be a refined mens cologne for important occasions where families are involved (Hindu grass makes my sister sneeze and my aunt say I smell like a dirty hippie!)and you want things to go and smell smoothly.

The notes listed here are pretty on (not like Catalyst for men). The sage, lavender and artemisia lead the parade and play the loudest, but the florals (albeit 80s Power powdery florals)are there (or this would be like Aramis 900) but they are caught up in the mix and I can't differentiate. Every once in a while I think I can catch a whiff of ylang-ylang. The incensy base of amber and pathchouli (DARK) finish in a dry and not too sweet moss and vanilla.

What is not to like? Herbs, flowers and incense...maybe I partook too much in the 80s (and 90s) but I think this is a keeper. Where else can you find a four oz. bottle of cologne AND aftershave splash with a 2.5 oz FINE deoderant for 20 bucks or under? God Bless America and Paul Sebastian (wherever those two are.)

Sillage: HELL yes, no mistakin it
Longevity: til the cows come home
Overall: 3.25/5

So it's cheap, so it's loud so it goes on and on, so do some of my best friends and I'm sure some of yours..do you love 'em any less?! There are some frags that cost a hell of a lot more and don't last half as long that are gone now so it has j'nais ce cua (sp?) and feels like nothing else I know of. THAT is what a SIGNATURE scent SHOULD BE!!!

Curious is absolutely right, First, it is a cheaper clone of Zizanie by Fragonard, but its lower price makes it a better buy than Zizanie. Second, the notes listed by Fragrantica are all wrong, I agree with Curious' notes but I'll add a touch of vanilla at the drydown that persists all throughout the basenotes.
Not a spectacular cologne, but is is worth its price and more.

The notes are all wrong in the listing, Fragrantica: please correct.
The actual notes are:
Top: Lavender, Sage
Heart: Artemisia
Base: Sandalwood, Patchouli, Myhrr, Musk.
By the way, this is almost a clone of Zizanie by Fragonard, but weaker. good buy anyhow because the price.

Take this from a guy who knows that ladies think that Paul Sebastian is delicious and very sexy. It lasts for a very long time and smells very very good. It is one of the top 3 colognes you can add to your arsenal. Drakkar Noir is another. See the thing with Paul Sebastian is that you can wear it for any occasion and you will get tons of compliments from beautiful women and women that are not so beautiful too. It's all positive attention as far as I'm concerned. The fact that ladies will chase you around and go crazy over this cologne can be used to your advantage. The same thing happens when you wear Drakkar Noir. This is very true and high end advice. I've spend thousands of dollars to figure this out so you don't have to. Save your money and buy the right stuff. Paul Sebastian and Drakkar Noir are very masculine, macho, sexy men's colognes and they are better then 99% of the other stuff out there.

a great cheap cologne it really stands out in it's price range but is VERY potent and bold

I don't know why this is so popular maybe for its price, but that's what it really is a cheap perfume. I think any dish soap smells better than this.

Sorry PS

Good points:
-Interesting
-Unique
-Strong
-Lasts long
-noticable silage
-suits different occasions
-cheap price
-Great looking (refillable) bottle design

Bad points:
-None really, It's quite a unique and bold fragrance & because of that I found it not 100% easy to get along with at first, maybe due to the Myrrh note, I dunno, whatever gives it the sweet herbal minty kind of freshness (although sometimes I don't always notice it as much). Longevity is good for me, but it does vary, sometimes it'll last many hours then others it'll seem to last not so long, and have more of an average 5 hour ish fragrance length. It almost seems like the strength of the fragrance in the bottle has diminished over the period of only a few months? but i dunno. I don't love every single aspect of the fragrance, but overall I think it's pretty special

Paul Sebastian Inc. was born in 1979 from a scheme dreamed up by two New Jersey natives named Leonard Paul Cuozzo and Alan Sebastian Greco – the name of the company was created for using their middle names. Cuozzo had become interested in developing fragrances after living near the International Flavors & Fragrances plant in Union Beach. He paired his budding skills as a perfumist with the business expertise of his friend, Greco, who was working as a national sales manager for Textron at the time. The pair bottled their first cologne - a concoction Cuozzo had been tinkering with for twelve years with New York perfumer Fritzsche Dodge - and sold it to three New Jersey men’s clothing stores. It was so successful that within two years the business had expanded to over 300 stores and was grossing over $200,000 a year. Despite its roaring success in the coming decades, Paul Sebastian was considered unorthodox for the fact that it did virtually no national advertising. Instead, it focused its resources on the company’s relationship with their distributors, which remained by and large specialty stores. However, the company is also famous for its innovations with the “gift with purchase” concept. Beginning with teddy bears in 1983, fine porcelain pieces to match their fragrances soon became the company trademark. In 1989 the company went international
Today, the original Paul Sebastian Inc. is no more. In 1999 its primary assets and rights were sold to FFI Fragrances (Elizabeth Arden Fragrances), including Paul Sebastian Fine Cologne, Design, and Casual. Their launch fragrance, which is still sold today, is called PS Fine Cologne, a mixture of subtle spices, sweet florals and citrus, with rich undertones of soft woods and musk released in 1980.

PS by Paul Sebastian is a very formal fragrance, shirt and tie required. There is a little Lavender-Citrus in the opening that fades quickly. It goes almost directly to a spicy (Sage, Armoise [aka Mugwort]) and floral (Ylang-Ylang, Jasmine and Rose) scent in the heart. The Myrrh shines through right from the start and is the main reason this scent is so formal. It's the most formal scent I have.

It starts out quite strong, but not harsh. It's not a Rose dominant scent, it's more spicy. The Rose only contributes to the overall floral accord. It is dominated by the Myrrh, and that is what gives it class. The spicy-floral heart hangs on for hours, then the base slowly moves in, adding Sandal, Patchouli, and Vanilla as it dries down. I don't get any Musk, it is a supporting note only. The Myrrh hangs on for the life of the fragrance. If you don't like Myrrh, you will not like PS.

Sillage and longevity are average, 4 to 5 hours on me. A very good fragrance.