Fierce

Ok, first of all, I'm not a person who leaves comments online. It's just not my cup of tea. I do that very rare and it's usually triggered by a good reason. And A&F signature scent Fierce is at least a good reason in my opinion. I'm going to try to be as objective as possible. I don't want to talk about its iconic status, nostalgic factor, the fact that over the time Fierce became a brand for itself, bigger than A&F. I certainly am not a fragrance expert, not by far. But, I am the end user, I am the voice of the common people and I have the privilege to offer my opinion, as well as all of you have. With that being said, I don't know if I can put it in any other way than - Fierce is undoubtedly D best fragrance I have ever encountered with. I've been using it for almost 20 years now. And each and every time, I thought about changing it, or trying something new and different, I was always disappointed. I know how this sounds and it is almost impossible that over so much time I couldn't find something else equally good or better. But, let me remind you that this is only my opinion and my review. That means this counts only for me. I hope it's absolutely clear, the difference between stating an opinion and imposing an opinion on someone. I get people who use many different fragrances, I get people who are experts and who understand fragrances on some higher level comparing to me. I get a person who worships a plain simple deodorant. Diversity exists so everyone can feel like a winner. But, my trophy, my Olympic gold medal is Fierce. I was so intrigued by this scent, I've tried to learn as much as I possibly could. I've read about its creator, I even felt sorry when I found out that the perfume creators don't get any royalties. (At least in this case). The original Fierce was discontinued in the year 2011. because some of the ingredients were blacklisted. It was reformulated and since then it was reformulated more than once. The current version is almost identical to the original, but it's significantly less potent. The scent that was used in A&F stores, was also slightly different than the cologne. I believe A&F came with a new policy in 2019. when they've stopped spraying Fierce in their shops. Regardless of all of the history, Fierce remains iconic. You cannot mistake it for another fragrance. The instant you smell it, you know it's Fierce. It's a huge compliment magnet, but then again, it wouldn't be of any importance if I didn't like it. I've tried to find a fragrance that would meet all of my criteria. I gave a chance to 15+ fragrances, made by highly respected brands, of course, niche fragrances as well. It always ended up with me giving away the product to some of my friends. People invent subcategories for everything. Nowadays you can purchase one fragrance for the day, another for the night, 1 fragrance for each season of the year, a fragrance for the business meeting, another for the casual evening, another for clubbing and the list goes on. Bottom line is - if I had to choose the one fragrance to rule them all, no doubt, I would choose Fierce. 10/10 on my list.

First and foremost: performance. This is an eau de cologne. I don't think a lot of people know this but, notice ALL eau de cologne fragrances are designed to be worn in HIGH HEAT. They are designed with the intention that wearers will be sweating. Naturally your body will radiate the fragrance when you are sweating which is why this fragrance, to me, is kinda genius. I heard it has Iso E super so it naturally changes with your skin and it smells like, YOU, smell good. Not, skin, with fragrance applied. This smells like YOU, YOUR pheromones, are sexy... AF. I've had this bottle a couple of weeks. I had heard about it over and over and my rack store finally got it. Instantly bought one. Put it on leaving the store First thoughts: "hmm... It's pretty good." Later thought: "This is damn good" Present thoughts: "this is a hall of fame fragrance. I've never really smelled this before. No joke. I heard it was extremely popular at one point but I haven't smelled it. I'm 33 years old. I get vague associations but nothing like "yeah I've smelled this". It doesn't smell extremely unique but it stays in a pocket. Like it has a catchy groove that's addictive. I can see WHY it was very popular though. It smells like the perfect male fragrance. You can NOT go wrong with this. It smells sexy, inviting, warm, clean like crystals, kinda ever so slightly diesel, and it has those sexy ass base notes like damn.. this is 🔥🔥🔥 it's not doing way too much, doesn't smell like everything on the market nowadays, it's balanced, perfect concentration, not offensive, not bland, not generic. Chick Magnet. It really smells like a GUY guy. This smells like the guy that has major sex appeal without trying and honestly doesn't know he has it. He just embodies it. That's the perfect way to put it. Quite fitting with the old bottle design... Which was bad marketing lol I think the only bottle of fragrance with the worse bottle is CK Shock. Both are bangers but the bottle design is like ehhh... With that being said, my bottle doesn't have the old image it comes in a nice clear bottle. Very fitting and much more classy. This may sound crazy , and I'm not b.s.ing when I say it but it's veeeery high in my most liked fragrances. I give it a 10/10. Only other fragrance I've ever felt this passionate about is Issey Miyake L'Eau D'Issey. It's that good folks. Absolutely signature scent worthy because you will stand out amongst modern designer fragrances. Modern designers smell like doom scrolling. This feels like a breath of fresh air

Abercrombie Fierce!!! Lo primero q dire es q es de ignorantes hablar de cualquier perfume si no lo has tenido y para mi los decants no cuentan como q lo tuvistes ya q el perfume pierde parte de sus atributos al cambiarlo de su botella a la de un decant,si no tuvistes Fierce tu opinion no vale nada,asi q hablen de cualquier perfume cuando lo hallan tenido pq de lo contrario estarias hablando sin saber y eso es ridiculo!! Ahora en cuanto a Fierce les puedo asegurar q ningun perfume tuvo el impacto q tuvo Fierce ya q les garantizo q cuando esto salio todas pero todas las mujeres daban lo q fuera pq su hombre oliera a Fierce,te digo q todas y 20 años despues todavia da de q hablar este perfume,si no fuera cierto no tuvieramos a una casa como lo es Parfun De Marly clonando a Fierce con su carisimo Percival de PDM y eso q PDM es una casa NICHO,sin contar las demas casas de perfumes q han clonado Fierce!!! Este perfume marco un antes y un despues en la perfumeria,tuve Fierce cuando salio y desde entonces lo he tenido en mi coleccion,yo tuve los primeros lotes y actualmente tengo un lote 2022,han habido cambios? Pues si pero nada q yo pueda decir q ya no es lo mismo,el tema de.las formulaciones es mas complejo de lo q piensan,ya q a la hora de hacer nuevos lotes probablemente no encuentren exactamente los mismos ingredientes q usaron para los primeros lotes y tengan q comprar lo q este disponible y de ahi es q vienen pequeños cambios en los perfumes,tambien las agencias encargadas de monitorial la perfumeria va creando leyes y normas q en muchas ocaciones prohiben ciertos imgredientes q tendrias q reemplazar por otros y eso resulta en cambios en el aroma y asi sucecivamente!!! Fierce es una de las botellas q mas he comprado desde q salio,la botella q tengo actualmente seria la numero 8 a lo largo de 20 años,asi q puedo hablar de este perfume sin temor a equivocarme Este perfume es fenomenal y a las mujeres no se pq rayos les facina desde q salio esto fue top seller en su epoca y fue top seller por muchos años corridos, En mi la botella q tengo me da 8 horas bien luego de eso pasa a ser un aroma de piel pero dentro de las primeras 8 horas me da 2 de proyeccion solida no beast mode pero se siente a buena distancia algunos 3 a 4 metros luego se recoje poco a poco hasta quedar en una busbuja q se siente a 10 pulgadas de la piel,cualquiera q se te acerque sentira tu perfume bien clarito!! Fierce como dije marco toda una generacion y marco un antes y un despues en la perfumeria!! Para mi es un 8/10

I understand that people are influenced by trends, image and marketing. People are loyal to, or avoid brands for the wrong reasons. Branding helps sell products, and attempts to create a favorable image for the buyer. While I don't prefer pictures of shirtless men on my stuff, that's about the only negative aspect to Abercrombie's "Fierce" cologne. That's it. Just some dumb torso on a bottle (and the sticker can be removed). If you can't get past that;or all your other ideas about what Abercrombie is or isn't, you're missing out on an incredible fragrance. It took me years to figure out what it was. During my mid 20's, I didn't really care about fragrances. I definitely like them, but didn't pay much attention or bother wearing them. "Fierce" was the only scent that I really noticed. I'd be out and about, and catch this scent in the air all of a sudden. It would immediately grab my attention. This went on for years, because I couldn't approach the random "Fierce" wearer and say "Hey man, what are you wearing?". Finally I figured it out. I bought a very nice used sweater on Ebay. When it arrived, it had been sprayed with this stuff. So I took the sweater and had people smell it to identify what this scent was. The closest suggestion was a girl who said "Uh, I think that's Abercrombie, but I'm not sure.". So I had to go to an Abercrombie store to check it out. I'll admit this was my first time in there. I didn't waste time. I sprayed the paper and ran out. At first I thought this girl was wrong, but after about a 5 minute dry-down the woods came out and I had finally figured it out! Anyway, this scent goes beyond teenagers, it goes beyond "frat boys" and even beyond what Abercrombie would like you to believe their image is. This is simply an excellent fragrance. I believe this citrus/woods combo is the best out there. The dry-down of "Fierce" is my favorite in my collection. It is definitely masculine; that of a refined, adventurous type guy. Nothing about this says 15 year old punk. NOTHING. Nothing about the vibe it captures says "What's up bro?". In fact, most of the people that I encounter love the scent, and are completely unfamiliar with it or where it comes from. They know nothing beyond the fact that it smells absolutely wonderful... You can associate fragrances with whatever you want, but if the "Abercrombie" name and the little shirtless guy on the bottle is scaring you away, that's really too bad. (for you)

This is still one of the very best if not the single best fresh/aquatic/clean fragrance for men on the planet. The old one might have been a little better smelling, better performing, but don't bother buying pre-2011 batches. It is a huge waste of money and time. This stuff overperforms as it is, and people complaining about bad performance are nose-deaf. Women are obsessed with this scent, and it doesn't matter how old you are within reason. Everyone should own this and give it the occasional try as their nose develops, because it WILL change for you, and it is probably the most mass-appealing fragrance for men. I've bought and sold it a few times, but finally keeping it for good, because I understand how to wear it without it being too piercing, and it is by far the best execution of this DNA that there is. If you can, get on ebay and buy as many bottles of Fierce Intense as you can, because it is a steal at 50USD (idgaf that it was 15USD two years ago. Those bottles were leaky a lot of the time and the past is gone, my friend) and it is only going to get more expensive, because the scent character there is irreplaceable. They are different enough to more than justify owning both, and they are both utter and absolute masterpieces that have not been properly replicated to my knowledge, though many have tried. The most popular is Percival, and it is close, but it is very noticeably more powdery and floral and not as masculine or generally pleasing at all, in my opinion. I have the supposedly stronger 78%alc. batch, and it performs, but it is not a proper replacement for Fierce in its scent character. A big reason why old Fierce was so good in profile and performance was because the majority of the aroma molecules were iso E super, so just get some of that and spray them on together. They do go well together. My main point is that this fragrance is ludicrously underrated because most people into fragrances (representing a tiny minority of all people) think it has a bad rep because of Abercrombie, malls, and douche bags who oversprayed it 20 years ago. Don't let that get to you, because if you just don't overspray and don't be a douche bag, you too can enjoy maybe the best fresh fragrance for men that you can buy. I prefer the Intense version and bought 13 bottles so far, but it's still on ebay from some reputable sellers if you have the desire to try it, and I strongly urge you to do so.