Davidoff

A bottle of potent, refined juice - best ever from this house...and there are plenty of other bottles that Davidoff has put out over the years that are staples in fragrance lovers' wardrobes! It is a true aromatic fougere with an old-school masculine vibe. If you don't like a huge, retro opening of sharp carnation, fresh-squeezed lime and warm leather blended with green notes (basil and artemisia) - then don't even consider buying it. Leave this to guys who want to smell like distinguished gentlemen with taste & class. The drydown has nice patchouli and moss coming in, but Davidoff retains its freshness and sharp notes throughout. This is a classic...a fragrance from yesteryear that can only be worn by someone with an aire of sophistication and macho attitude - any time of day to any occasion. You could wear it as a formal fragrance or even dressed down - but you MUST wear it with "Attitude", capitalized for a reason, and know how to spell chic (let alone understand what it means), or it will wear you. I put this next to some very special bottles of mine. Be careful when buying - the last bottle I purchased had a bad atomizer/sprayer and I had to spend a good deal of money to have the juice taken out and put into a 2nd hand bottle. Nothing against the seller - he is top-shelf! But, Davidoff has never been known for having the best plastic sprayers...damn good juice, though! It has been reviewed very well here and I like what shamus1 and marioslg1 said...definitely a suave, refined MACHO scent and rare. 9+/10! **Update** - A shot on my sleeve and one on the back of my hand right now...I had to come back to this as I have been really loving and admiring other fantastic male fragrances with rose as a note in the composition. I have to say that it is a very definitive fresh bloom that blends beautifully with the lime, basil, carnation, patchouli, orris root, rich oakmoss, gorgeous castoreum and classy leather in Davidoff Classic! I waited for a good 30-40 minutes as I sprayed it on my shirt to see the transition happen slower (the rose came in at about 15 minutes on my skin). What a beautiful bloom! This wearing of Davidoff Classic makes me understand just how good this scent is. I will adjust my score, accordingly, to 10/10! Some just touch excellent (a 9 rating) - this is clearly a notch above that...awesome. Actually, near perfection. A masterpiece, in my mind. For me, this is arguably the absolute best use of castoreum ever in a bottle of scent - yes, that good!. It is present throughout the entire wearing and blends wonderfully with warm, rich leather and smoky olibanum. Only one other classic scent - Vintage Antaeus by Chanel - can compare for most distinguished use of the animalic note provided by the beaver in fragrance. Yatagan by Caron is worthy to note as well, but the overall compositions are so vastly different. A classic that incorporates some of the most incredible depth in a male fragrance one can find - yet, somehow...it never gets too heavy. It stays vibrant and wonderful throughout the wearing. It will stain a light-colored shirt and last for many, many days on fabric. Incredible. Sublime.

If 'capitalism' had a smell, then THIS would be it. This fragrance reeks of money both old and new – loads of it. This starts off brashly and bitingly green with pronounced citrusy & dirty animalistic/leathery tones which overall may scare off many potential buyers. But wait a little longer, and you are rewarded with a heavy green, limey, dusty, imposing and very long lasting fragrance that I reckon would attract admirers rather than lovers, and command the wearer with all round respect and attention. Alpha-males, CEOs, plutocrats, oligarchs, Gordon Gekko wannabes (and their lawyers), as well as captains of industry looking for a signature fragrance need look no further. Teenagers, metrosexuals and the like should stick to their cKs and Tommys and not make the sorry mistake of confusing it with its brother Cool Water, as this has an altogether different attitude. Frankly YOU need to have ‘attitude’, loads of it, to wear this without feeling or smelling incongruous. IMO marvellous as Zino and Cool Water are, Davidoff is better (and don't even mention Echo). After smelling this, I might even buy into this whole cool power vibe thing and start smoking cigars (cough, splutter, wheeze...) and sipping cognac wherever I can. Man, I love these dark green fragrances - indeed Tsar is my all time favourite fragrance and if you like that, I'm pretty sure you’ll like this too. I’ve already spotted a couple of bottles of Davidoff to add to my collection very soon and can’t wait! Davidoff in the daytime, Zino at night. Awesome.

A very ballsy fragrance at first spray I'm not gonna lie it smells like straight castoreum but then it mellows down into something more manageable/wearable. After the first 10-20 minutes, the castoreum becomes very balanced with the other notes and this turns into a green citrus-lime leather with some castoreum in there to keep things interesting. After about 20-30 minutes the fragrance becomes very very very pleasing and I doubt many who hate this fragrance have ever made it this far because it is exquisite, pure class...Makes me feel like a million bucks.... This fragrance is unique as hell, but you definitely have to be confident and have the right mind set to wear this. Scent - 9/10 I it's an amazing fragrance but the opening could be challenging for some Projection/Sillage - 9/10 I think 3 sprays is perfect with this one just make sure you allow about 20 minutes for it to settle down. It's not beastly but will get you noticed I would say it is moderate to average in this department. Longevity - 10/10 Lasts over 10 hours. Versatility - 8/10 Intended for temperatures below 75 degrees I believe. Not the kind of fragrance to wear every day to work but every once in a while is okay! This is a very daring fragrance, a statement making fragrance full of testosterone and class.

Davidoff has made many fragrances throughout his career, but this is undoubtedly the best scent of his entire collection. I do not understand how they discontinued a jewel like that, it is as if you take the picture of Velazquez's Girls and burn it so that no one else can enjoy it live. The aroma is complex to explain and there is nothing similar in the market to what can be compared. You feel a fresh and smoky opening, the citrus trees adjust to a freshness alimonado and the herbs take you to a green, leafy landscape, a fern world of the time of the dinosaurs, without fumbling, well measured, the smoky background is soft, appears The oak moss, the leather and the castoreum that spring up fast from the notes of your heart and push the fragrance to a breath of wind that envelops you and hypnotizes you for three to four hours without being able to take your nose off your arm. It's like being in paradise lost. The duration is brutal and the moderate wake makes it ideal for daytime use. A fern with the best leather, makes Davidoff Davidoff the paradigm of masculinity, something unique that could only be done in the 80s. It is a unique, intoxicating aroma and the great jewel of my vintage collection !! Bravo Davidoff!!!! Rating: 9.8

Beauty and the beast. I have two versions of this; one is a pre-barcode version made in Spain, and the other is made in France. The Spanish one is dominated by the castoreum, and hence smells mainly like a lion marking its spot; it is challenging, but it's still very, very good. The French version however is easily one of the finest fragrances that my nose has ever devoured. The lime, leather, and woods combine to dazzling effect, and it immediately puts me in the shoes of someone who has come from money, with a finely honed ruthless streak... Think Johnny from Karate Kid, cruising around town with his henchmen, and getting lucky with a million Elisabeth Shue's... I'm now in the super quiet living room of a Great Aunt and Uncle in '85 on Saturday afternoon. I've been brought there by my Grandparents, so that my Grandad can see his oldest Sister. I want to know the football scores, but there is a seductiveness in the enforced silence. My Great Uncle is unlike the rest of my family. He is stern, stoic, serious, conservative, and wealthy; he smokes a pipe. The ornate clock ticks, gently, relentlessly. He draws on the pipe, and its aura fills the room. He is his own man. He wears Davidoff Classic.