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.

Fierce brought me back the good ole days in working and living Chicago back in 2002 when it was released. I still laugh when I think back, walking into an A&F store and getting practically tackled by the smell of Fierce cologne every time I entered the shops. It wasn’t just a fragrance, it was an atmosphere. The lean young shirtless models and sales staff with 6 and 8 pack abs would spray it nonstop like it was part of their job description and honestly, some days it felt as if the stuff was coming out of the air‐conditioning vents too. The scent didn’t stay politely inside the store, either; it would spill into the hallways, drift through entire malls and cling to your clothes long after you’d escaped. Looking back, it’s equal parts nostalgic, hilarious and a little absurd, like we all collectively agreed that being mildly overwhelmed by cologne was just part of the shopping experience. And honestly, that’s exactly what Fierce was going for with its whole note composition. It has that same vibe you get from scents like Jazz Club, the kind of smell that makes it seem like you’ve been hanging out in a store, lounge or club for hours. When you finally step outside, it clings to your clothes like a souvenir, mixed with whatever else was floating around the room: food, drinks, cigarettes and a whole collage of ambient aromas. It’s that “lived‐in, been‐out‐too‐long” scent, nostalgic in its own way, a little chaotic and strangely iconic. Fierce really is a timeless classic and my old 200ml vintage bottle, the one with the iconic chiselled‐torso label, isn’t going anywhere. It’s tucked safely in my wardrobe like a treasured relic and it’ll probably stay there for decades. I’ve got it sitting right next to Percival and Zara No Day, both of which are essentially Fierce’s modern clones but there’s just something about the original that hits differently. Maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s the branding or maybe it’s just the magic of that era but the vintage still reigns supreme in my collection, even with the whole saga surrounding the former CEO’s misconduct allegations hanging in the background. It doesn’t erase the history but it also doesn’t change the place that this particular bottle holds in my line up. Some scents are tied to moments, memories and eras, and Fierce has fiercely earned its own quiet corner in mine.

For teenage boys and those who came of age in the 2000s, this scent is the GOAT. My scent preferences have skewed to the more niche, high-end and considerably more expensive in recent years, but there’s still nothing like a bottle of Fierce. The 2000s will never die, so long as this scent lives on. Just one gentle whiff of this (not that there is anything remotely gentle about this fragrance, as you can smell it a mile away – and I mean that in the best possible way), and you’re instantly transported back to Abercrombie & Fitch in a 2000s era mall. Some say this has been reformulated to blandness but, no, it’s still all here. Pure nostalgia. Black and white images of shirtless toned men, and pumping techno music. Dragging your parents and their credits cards with you, while they are seated underneath a giant moose head and they suffer from stimulation overload, as you retreat to the fitting room to try on the very tightest and hottest pink polo you can find. Disclaimer: I worked for A&F and Hollister throughout college during the mid-00s, and I can recognize this scent immediately. Every now and then I’ll pass a stranger on the street, and get a waft of Fierce. It’s unmistakable. And somehow not outdated. As always, it reeks of masculine collegiate sex. Any man wearing this will smell fresh, clean, youthful, and will make you do a double-take. Although I personally outgrew this scent years ago, I bought a bottle recently for old time’s sake. Occasionally I’ll spritz it in my apartment or spray it on when I want to recapture my teenage self. One of my friends asked me in surprise, “Are you wearing...Fierce?,” and I replied “Hell yes, I am.” "It smells so good,” she laughed, as we both agreed that this scent has managed to stand the test of time and is still capable of activating hormones and testosterone. In five words or less: 2005 in a bottle. Priceless.

Had Percival. Kinda bought into its whole "grown up version of Fierce" trope often touted. Its higher quality ingredients were also a big deciding factor. I enjoyed it, got compliments too. Its a quality blend that no doubt smells good. Mont Blanc Legend edt and edp. Had'em, enjoyed them both..the edt is my favorite of the two. But I gave it away and sold the edp. I smelled Kilian's take as well. It's high quality. Very nice and smooth. Fierce is clearly a dna to be reckoned with. Not merely for its nostalgia factor. Not because it filled malls in the early 2000's. Partly, on which account many are inclined to religate it to juvenility. But simply because it smells good. I got my first wiff of it back in 2006 iirc and its been a favorite since. I went through a few bottles over the following years. But that was a long time ago. Now coming full circle I've realize there is no replacement for it for me. So I ordered a bottle from MaxAroma about a month ago and the only way I could be happier is if I found a reasonably priced vintage bottle. As for scent, I smell a slight difference but it's still Fierce. Clean, bold, sexy, distinct and yes grown. I was worried it might only last 30mins though, but now I feel like, if the older version was stronger, then they fixed it. I have no performance issues, and on clothes this scent goes on and on and smells insanely good. Even after reforms it retains an excitement that I dont get from the others mentioned. In the end Fierce itself satisfies my desire for this kind of scent in the wardrobe. Comparatively unrefined? Sure Nostalgic? Of course Greatness? 10 Influential? Obviously Iconic? Undeniably

So I'm going to be reviewing what Abercrombie labels "The Vintage Edition" on their website. This is the last formulation with the torso on the bottle that came out back in 2019, I believe. This is the one with the metal cap, not the black wooden cap. The old torso bottles had the black wooden cap. Now they have the clear bottles, which I cannot comment on because I haven't tried them. My batch is from 2019. To start, I have never smelled the older formulations, so I cannot comment on that also. However, I bet they were strong. Now, as for my 2019 Batch, the performance isn't bad to be honest. I get about 6hrs-7hrs of longevity and about 2hrs+ of decent Projection. If I'm being honest, I really don't have a problem detecting the fragrance at all during those 6 to 7 hours. After that time period I have to bring my wrist to my nose to detect it, but even at that I can still smell a decent skin scent. The projection strength is average (it won't fill up a room) with the distance of it being arms length, which is fine for me. As for the scent, I love it. This is a classic scent that will always be nostalgic for many. This is the king of Mall Fragrances. When you think about the mall, there's no denying this Scent comes to mind. The scent is very nice and very appealing and will definitely not offend anyone. You can wear this to the office, when you're hanging out with friends, on casual days, or even use it as a signature Scent. This is definitely better than Mont Blanc Legend EDT in my opinion. Legend is frutier, whereas Fierce is citrusy. Either way this cologne is nice and definitely one of my favorites.

Ok, let me just set some things straight about this fragrance. Some of you think it’s only wearable if you’re a teen and think because it’s associated with Abercrombie & Fitch that it’s less than most fragrances. Which can’t be any more further from the truth. If anything it should rightfully be for the crowd that made this fragrance popular to begin with, almost all of those people are now in their 30s and 40s today, that’s what I love about fierce it’s capable of being worn by ANY generation and will always turn heads and get complements. I don’t care who you are if you stacked this up against some of the best smelling perfumes/colognes in todays society it would still beat most of the competition. There was a time when this was the only cologne that woman chased men down in the street to smell, think about how good something needs to smell for that to happen in 2022. Nothing truly compares, respectively. Also, people saying it was pungent and everywhere in the mall. If it were any other “king” fragrance like Aventus or BR540 that was blasted into the air vents in stores today I guarantee you people would not universally agree on it being as pleasant as fierce was. Whether you want to admit it or not, fierce is probably the top 3 best fragrances ever created. Even after countless reformulations it’s still being worn today. Just shows how much back bone this cologne has. Say what you will about “youth” fragrances, once the day comes when I’m as old as Joe Biden I’ll be wearing this cologne on my boat explaining to the girls that swam 14 miles from shore what fragrance I have on.

Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce in 2026. Last year, I didn't buy a single fragrance. After owning 150+ scents I decided to start using what I have & I found it made me appreciate the scents I have more. Fierce was one of my most-worn scents and with good reason: Not only is it a great reach for any occasion, it's clean, nostalgic, and holds up well after 20+ years. What makes this still a great reach in 2026 is despite its years of reformulations, there is no doubt it still keeps the vintage DNA. To me, it is an amplified musk with a hint of citrus, just enough to keep you wanting more. The musk is the selling point here and surely what was so desirable upon its release, as not only was it sprayed in the retail locations but provided the vibe of clean clothing mixed with shower gel. As for reformulations, you shouldn't expect a scent to hold the exact same ingredients for over 20 years, and as mentioned above, Fierce holds to its personality very well. Going into the New Year, I still wear this often. Continuing to wear these older fragrances are a reminder to not give into the hype of every release. You don't need every new scent, just because it's popular on fragrance forums. Take it from me who has owned almost 200 fragrances and decided to hold off on any newer ones for a while. Scent: 8.5/10 an easy wear of musky and clean tones, with enough depth to wear this daily Longevity: 8/10 this lasts longer than you think but go ahead with the over-spraying Price: 9.5/10 this is often on sale on Abercrombie's website, a 50ml for about $65CAD is solid! For me, this is still a 9/10.

In my opinion, Fierce is the sexiest fragrance I could catch a man wearing. It smells amazing-- it's a natural enough smell that i'd associate i with a person's inherent scent. it sort of encapsulates the smell of having been waiting in bed, giddy with excitement and red with anticipation, then seeing him walk into the room, freshly showered, wet hair, towel around waist, looking delicious. this is what i mean when i say this frag smells "clean". not clean like laundry, not clean like an office. but clean like a scrumptious sexy post-shower man. Trust, if I disrobe a man and find that his chest is laced with this fine fragrance, I will rip that flesh off with my teeth in a carnal frenzy. This fragrance gives me heart palpitations and makes my knees feel weak. I spray some on my pillow at night to feel like I'm sleeping on someone's tall dark and handsome son. If I ever smelled this on a random passerby in public, I would probably be stopped in my tracks for at least a solid minute. Or more likely I'd follow their scent to the ends of the earth like a damn blood hound. This is suitable for handsome men. in my mind, the man that wears this is tall, strong (sleeper build), and deceptively shy but secretly VERY experienced. meek gentleman in the streets, virtuoso in the sheets. god bless Fierce by Abercrombie & Fitch

Every generation has some things that just remind them of their coming-of-age, Fierce is one of those things. With that said^, this is what hot guys smelled like in my teens. It was worn by all sorts, and there were many similar fragrances to be found in the mall around the same time. Anchor Blue (the original for men) was one. It's really fresh, kind of astringent, SUPER musky (clean musk though), and herbaceous in a really light manner, not heavily herbal or barbershop-y. Extremely fresh, and the florals here don't play much of a role. I could be biased of course (especially when it pertains to this frag), but this smells very decidedly masculine (who cares though, wear what you like). The thing is though...I always thought this smelled salty back in the 2000s, and I smell a lot of salt now as well. It's a very clean sort of salt, and it combines with the musk to create a super *white&fresh* effect. Though, the base notes (the vetiver isn't natural smelling) also serve to keep this a warm temperatured fragrance, and somehow quite inviting in an oddly compelling way. I really just love this, it's incredible appealing to women, and I'm no exception. It really snaps me back to a certain place and time whenever I smell it.

I love the idea from people who hate on this fragrance claim that it is generic with no backbone in being an influential scent. That cannot be further away from the truth. This is a fragrance that has proven to stand the test of time, released 20 years ago and still holding to this day. "But only the younger crowd is wearing it" as if that means there is no credibility in that. it is also completely unfair that people think Abercrombie immediately means not worth the hype because it's not YSL or Dior or something... Judge a fragrance by the juice, not the brand. Fierce was once that TOP fragrance that every girl loved on their man, something that your favourite scent probably never did to a generation and I guarantee you it can be released to this day and perform well. You can still wear this today and pull compliments, I'm sure of it. With regards to the reformulation comments, I can't really speak for it but I'm always skeptical of reformulations drastically changing a scent. Why would a company just kill their line like that? Regardless, today's formulations still perform well and smell outstanding. My 2019 bottle served me well, too. This is still worthy to be in your collection. 8/10

Fierce is the first fragrance I ever owned. It is a great, bold, woods, young masculine scent reminiscent of the early 2000's mall scene, although the fragrance is great on its own too. My uncle, sister, and I went to the local mall and my uncle decided to get me a gift and noticed that I liked the fragrance and rang it up. This would have been around 2007 and that formulation was by far the strongest fragrance I have ever come across then and since. I started at two or three sprays and every stranger around me commented, usually a complement paired with a note about the strength. Went to down to one spray, got a comment halfway across a parking lot. Went down to pushing down the atomizer halfway to get to a reasonable sillage. I went to get another bottle, the art on the bottle looked different, but the name was the same. That was when I learned about reformulation. The new bottle was so much weaker and had a slight earthiness that wasn't the the previous formulation. People of that early 2000's mall scene associate this one as a loud frat boy kind of scent, maybe fairly, maybe unfairly, but honestly separate the memories and it definitely is a solid aromatic choice.

You know what this smells like. The only reason you’d be hesitant to buy a bottle is the same reason that it took me so long to finally pull the trigger: the question of performance. Got mine from Jomashop. April 2023. My bottle has the wonderfully tacky abs sticker but it has a metal cap. Granted, I laced up. Like 7 sprays on neck and shirt front. I can’t speak for the old school juice, but I’m glad I bought this. The performance is better than average in my opinion. I put it on at 7:30am and smelled it on myself all day long until I took a shower at 7pm. My shirt still smelled like it, and my wife could smell it on my neck. The atomizer is good and diffusive but it doesn’t really put a ton of juice out for each spray. Maybe that’s why people are hating on the performance. That and distorted memories of what this stuff may have been. If you want this, buy it. It’s not watered down garbage. Believe me, for the price tag compared to its clone, Legend by Mont Blanc, I’d be the first one to come on here and warn everyone that I could. Nope. Good juice. Ignore the “this used to be nuclear and now it sucks” crap.

My signature fragrance for many years. I have gone through 5-6 bottles, some 200 ml of this sexy badboy. Even though I find it synthetic in the opening, I adore the drydown. It is so fresh, woody and aromatic, a truly magnet and for sure a crowd pleaser. I can’t find a time where this isn’t appropriate to wear. This is youth in a bottle, but I also think that older guys and men can pull it off. It is loud and demand attention and confidence. I find it very masculine and it is probably the one, that has given me the most compliments. Whenever I wear it I get pulled back to my younger self as a teenager, and remember all the good memories I had with my friends. I don’t wear it as often anymore, but when I do, it’s with a great pleasure. I find this fragrance to be timeless and not dated at all. To me this is far better than a lot of todays offerings to younger men. Fierce will always hold a place in my heart and is one of the fragrances that peaked my interest in this hobby. 10/10 One of my favourite mass appealing fragrances of all time!!💃🍾🕺🏻

Fierce is a bright, fresh, lemony scent balanced out by a subtle woody undertone. It’s clean, non-intrusive, and extremely wearable. It's lemon done right without smelling like household cleaner or synthetic toilet spray. The more I explore fragrances, the more I find myself enjoying these cheapie options over some designer, niche, or indie scents. And it makes sense. They’re designed to be inoffensive and universally appealing. Fierce is no exception. It projects like a beast out of the gate. Unfortunately, the EDC concentration means longevity is where it completely fails. After about an hour, it noticeably begins to fade, which is a shame given how good it smells upfront. If this were re-released as a parfum, it’d be an easy buy in my book. It’s still one of the most balanced citrus scents I’ve come across: not sharp, not sour, not overpowering. Just fresh, crisp, and approachable. A good scent for the price. But its lackluster performance makes it hard to justify owning unless you plan to reapply every single hour.

So I just bought two 1.7 oz bottles of Fierce directly from Abercrombie.com and unfortunately, it’s a major disappointment. It smells virtually the same as my 2018 bottle, but is SIGNIFICANTLY weaker in terms of strength and longevity. No exaggeration, I may get two hours of mediocre protection, before I can barely smell it anymore. I’m not sure how much Abercrombie can water down this fragrance before justifying even selling it anymore. I was seriously thinking of returning them, but am just going to keep both and experiment with different amounts of sprays and hope that maybe it’ll get a little stronger if there’s truth to fragrances “macerating” over time. Until then, I will keep looking on eBay for older bottles around 2010ish. I have a couple silver cap bottles that I found on EBay and despite the top notes being gone, the base still smells good and they last a couple hours longer. Not as long as they use to last when they were fresh back in the early 2000’s, but much longer than these new batches.

No matter what fragrance is created and introduced into the world none will ever have the amount of impact and mass appeal as Fierce does. It’s a legend in its own right and does what it’s supposed to do absolutely perfect. I’ve been collecting fragrances for a little over 20 years and have literally owned it all... high end designer, high end niche and everything in between and Fierce still brings in more positive attention than anything else I’ve ever put on my skin. So many younger men want the compliments and positive attention from the masses but just hate the answer for the only fragrance they need to accomplish that and it’s the one and only Fierce. This will get the job done on any given day no matter what... There is wonderful renditions of Fierce out there that will do the job just fine as well. Percival and Kaaf are the best in my opinion but the original will always be just a slight cut above the rest..