Lagerfeld Classic

Lagerfeld Classic is a complex fragrance in many ways. As much as it is considered, especially these days, as dated and the starting point for many releases that came later, its biggest challenge was breaking down gender barriers, something that is already difficult today and was much more in the '70s. Lagerfeld Classic has notes of lemon, orange, bergamot, tarragon, nutmeg, sage, and aldehydes on the top. In the body, dense notes of tobacco, iris root, rose, jasmine, cedar, sandalwood, and patchouli. At the base, notes of amber, musk, oakmoss, vanilla, and tonka beans. It is classified as oriental-woody, but it usually behaves in a very particular way on different skins. For some, it's oriental-spicy; for others, oriental-fougère. On my skin, it usually reveals a more oriental-chypre aspect, with many nuances typical of female chypres from that time. As soon as it is sprayed, Lagerfeld Classic brings a scent of overripe orange, with a peculiar sourness and a very powerful aroma of citrus peels. This output has a direct connection to the masculine colognes that were rich in lemon, bergamot, and petitgrain. The difference is in the aldehydes, which give it a more delicate appearance and an orange color, not green. By itself, it already escaped the standards of virility imposed by the culture and the economy of that time. As if that wasn't enough, the body brings flowers, and they are not shy. Jasmine is very noticeable and forms the link between tobacco and patchouli notes. There is a mixture of the smell of a pipe, whiskey, and chocolate amidst the flowers and the sharp essential oil of the roses. Time passes, the drying progresses and the musk reveals a more animalistic side, as usual in the ’70s. The warmer and more sensual side emerges, the vanilla flirts with oakmoss, but the relationship is passive-aggressive. The tonka beans reinforce the smell of tobacco, but the powdery aspect of the iris decides to appear, by surprise, like that guest who arrives at the end of the party, when everyone is already leaving. In my opinion, Lagerfeld Classic was launched to pair with Chloé Eau de Parfum, launched in 1975, when Karl still dictated the rules there. From the color to the scent of the fragrances, there is a close and very sensitive relationship to my sense of smell. Undoubtedly, a transgressive perfume in the midst of the market standard. I remember the smell of the oldest version I knew (probably at the time of Unilever, in the late '90s), and its much more leathery and powdery smell. This version that I review here lost a lot of that powdery smell and gained more artificial nuances, for obvious reasons, but it's still beautiful and with great performance. Lagerfeld Classic was Karl's answer to those who said men couldn't wear gloves, tortoiseshell glasses, let alone have their hair long, tied in a ponytail. Well, he went there, checked all the boxes, and reinforced his visual image, which ended up becoming his trademark.

I have the Interparfums version, and apparently it is night and day different than the Coty version. What I get from the Interparfums version is a tobacco beast right from the rip. The tobacco accord may be getting help from the tarragon, but it is very nice. There is sage and just a bit of lemon in the opening, but mainly I get a great very dry tobacco, not sweet pipe tobacco. The Patchouli is there as well, and this combo of notes goes on for a long time. The Interparfums version smells nothing like Obsession or Shalimar. There is absolutely no cinnamon, very little vanilla or tonka. It is not powdery at all. This stuff is amazing. It has some amber in the drydown, but this is not the sweet powdery almost gourmondy scent that many of the reviews below describe. I have never smelled the vintage version. I just know that I really like the Interparfums version. Projection and longevity are very good. I highly recommend trying the Interparfums version before you write this fragrance off because of the Coty reformulation. UPDATE: I purchased a shrink-wrapped bottle of the Unilever version. In a side-by-side comparison with the Interparfums version, they are very close. The opening of the Unilever is more powdery and creamy compared to the Interparfums. The Interparfums is sharper and brighter and initially projects more. Neither version even remotely resembles Obsession or Shalimar (this comparison must be coming from the Coty version). In the mid, the Unilever stays powdery, which is probably the oris root hanging around. The tobacco is present, though not as strong as in the Interparfums version. They both have the orange(y) type accord, but it is a bit stronger in Interparfums version. The drydowns are where the 2 versions are the closest, with the only difference being that the Unilever keeps the powderyness. The oakmoss and amber are there in both, but the amber in the Interparfums version may be a bit stronger. Overall, the Interparfums version performed slightly better 5-6 hrs vs 5 hrs. Neither are beast mode. If you like more powdery scents, you will probably like the Unilever more. If not, the Interparfums will probably suit you better. I am searching for a Bethco version in my price range. That may take a while. I will also keep on the lookout for a cheap Coty version to confirm my suspicions. Update 2022-09-26 I finally got my hands on a vintage "Cologne" splash and spray. I'm not gonna say too much more other than there is no need to chase the vintage. There is not enough difference to spend that much $$ on it. They have done a really good job keeping the formulation of the new bottles as close to the vintage as possible. I was expecting a major oakmoss upgrade, but it was not there.

Old school, new pleasures Congratulations to the Karl Lagerfeld brand, for the inspiration to create this fragrance and to maintain it on the market since 1978. I bought my current Lagerfeld Classic quite recently - about six years ago - so I'll just have the current formulation in my mind. - It opens with aldehydes and a strong unusual orange note (Citrus + Tarragon = Orange?), Well, it smells like a pleasant strong zesty sweet boozy Orange. - Then you notice three musketeers in action, Tonka + Vanilla + Amber duelling with Tobacco. What a divine scent. It's very lively in the beginning and slowly it calms down as time goes by... and it lasts and lasts and lasts... Eight hours went by and I still have a faint projection in the back of my hand (just 1 spray) and a marvellous skin scent. Comments: Due to its well-tamed sweetness, I imagine that this fragrance may as well be considered unisex, I can picture this magnificent powdery sweet Vanilla-Amber-Sweet Tobacco drying down on a woman's skin, My rates for Karl Lagerfeld for men: ____________________ - Scent opening: 8.0 (unusual but pleasant) - Scent dry down: 8.5 (very pleasant) - Longevity: 9.0 (above average for the existing notes and close to beasty performance with 3 sprays) - Sillage: 8.0 (6 feet at its peak with 3 sprays) - Uniqueness: 9.0 (quite a unique blending, considering the existing fragrances that I am aware of; Nobody was able - or cared to - copy it in the past 40 years) - Wearability: 9.0 (close to 4 seasons, day or night with the exception of extreme cold or heat) - Versatility: 9.0 (yes to clubbing, socializing, events, restaurants... and yes to dates, romancing, sex, office, picnics, weddings, movies, a birthday gift to your father-in-law... no to workout and beach!) - Compliments: 8.0 (not bad for an old school; younger people will say is outdated; older people will love it; everybody loves the zesty opening) - Quality: 8.0 (my judgement) - Presentation: 8.0 (simple but effective; very good sprayer) - Price: 9.0 (100 ml tester for 18 Euros + VAT + shipping) _____________________ Overall rating: 8.50/10.00 - between 7 and 8 =above average; - between 8 and 9 = recommended; - bigger than 9 = don't miss it; My opinion: Yes, it's a super old-school fragrance but it's also super pleasant. Not advisable if you are committed only to fresh, sweet. modern "blue" scents. Otherwise, it's a must! Music: Phil Collins - "In The Air Tonight"

My dream scent in the 80s and 90s. Magic, the best thing I had ever smelled, evoked some wild, genetic, infatuation memory I had never experienced. And that's quite a feat. Alas, none of my men really wore it, as it was popular with the gay crowd (how I found it), and only for the really confident straight man. It was expensive then, and the one time I took a chance and gifted it, he stuck to the gross Obsession daily, saving the KL for special occasions, and we soon broke up (probably over the Obsession lol). There was nothing sexier than going in for a hello neck kiss at the end of the day and whiffing the intoxicating, unique sensuality of KL, by then a skin scent, but nice when fresh, too, just not for overdoing. I always wanted to wear it myself, and did sneak some. Now I would wear it, er, the original, no problem, or mix it. It must have been reformulated for anyone to say it smells like the over the top, gross, sudsy, sneezy Obsession. KL wasn't for that, "Hi, I smell like everyone and you can smell me a mile away." fad projection. KL was utterly unique, nothing like it, and very ahead of its time. I would classify it with Cartier Must, which I used to wear as a signature then (more feminine EDT on top of the heavy, more masculine parfum) and talk about your reformulation sins, plus no more parfum now. And also in the same category as my next signature, Aqua di Parma Blue Mediterraneo Mandorlo di Sicilia, which I still wear, as I still have half of a last large bottle of the lovely but sadly discontinued parfum oil. (the EDT is wearable, but nothing like this oil, for us subtle ladies). I might try a bottle of modern KL, as it's so cheap and might be great with the Aqua di Parma. But the original was nothing like the negative descriptions here (Old Spice?? NO! They did say they never smelled OS, obviously!, plus that was aftershave, and OS one of the first male scents, and as cheap drugstore as you can imagine. Yes, cologne later, but same.). KL was a rich, classy gourmandish scent, to me, in a world of none. I suspected that KL was reformulated by the 90s, as there was a more detergent top note, so I let my dream fragrance go. At any rate, it's a lovely, complex memory of sexy witchcraft. Warlockcraft? Unicraft! And it doesn't remind me of any time, man or affair, just the memories that a really great scent evokes. It was true art.

My father's signature cologne, wore it every morning since inception, to the point that it melded with his bodyodar and the combination WAS my father's DNA scent. He passed away 3 years ago, now that im back into the frag game being away from it for 20 years, i just picked up a bottle, to sniff every once in a while, so i can remember & not forget what my papabear smelt like for those reminiscent days... :( For 1978, this dna in the industry is A MASTERPIECE!! Probably a victim of multiple reformulations today. It's a boozy/spicy/soapy combo frag, and in 2020 im actually still in love with this scent even without the nostalgia taking into consideration. Im trying to be honestly critical by giving a critical opinion without the nostalgia of smelling this on my dad every day of his life. At the end of the day, I just love how they made a soapy scent pair with a boozy scent! I really love the soapy note in this!! <3 You would think soap and booze is an ignorant combination, but it works! Just like chicken & waffles with maple syrup, ignorant combo, but it works for reasons. Jesus...best $20 bucks ive spent in a long time! 100% worth for a collection!! It smells fantastic quality for a cheap designer!! I even think that it's so old that it can become trendy again. I bought this to remind me of my father's scent so i don't forget it, now im keeping the bottle to actually wear myself, smells fantastic! Classic! Anyone can wear this, but it melds really good for anyone with dark features and oily olive skin for some reason. IMHO since NOBODY talks about this frag today makes it slept-on! FYI this is a 2019 'Interparfum' Co. bottle. This gets stereotyped for being a late evening smoking jacket frag. No! This frag is even better when wearing it first thing in morning, on cool crisp air days because of that fabulous soapy note!! Now i want to find other modern frags with that soapy note in it! Instead, think leaving a luxurious hotel first thing in the morning and going for a run outside. A luxury version of this without the amazing soap note is MFK's Grand Soir. I would give my right kidney for an original batch of this MASTERPIECE!! To that, RIP to Lagerfeld, the original formulation, and my father... 5/5 Woofs!

this perfume is how I imagine a badass futch cowgirl to smell like tbh. this perfume (found at a decent price of 20ish euros in the Oslo airport) is absolutely a hidden gem for modern perfume. starts off with a sweet and fresh orange rind, which I think gets that fresh breath of western desert air from the tarragon top note (anise-y licorice-y goodness). throughout the whole perfume, there’s a little bit of a pipe tobacco sprinkled on every layer, bitter and smoky with a hint of powder. it goes down in a similar vein to obsession, where it’s this warm, slightly sweet vanilla-y scent aided by the stabs of tonka throughout, yet the difference with this and obsession is that this still retains that rough and tumble wrangler vibe; more amber and wood notes in it (like more of a dried vanilla wood than obsession’s vanilla pod if that makes sense; I think it’s the oakmoss that gives it that slightly gruffer sweaty scent that drives it home to “hot disco”) this to me would be the perfume worn by a futch cowgirl as I said in the beginning. I see this as more of lesserafim’s unforgiven than say itzy’s not shy if that makes sense; less of a sequined flashy cowgirl having fun in the saloon nightclub, but a more leather wearing, outlaw hunting, skin scraping cowgirl going to the disco to pick up a saloon girl for a wild ride. this is one of my truly cowgirl perfumes and I think would’ve feasibly named something with Mojave in it tbh. longevity is amazing, wore it in the morning for a flight and got back home in the afternoon and it was still going strong, then ran errands until the evening and that dry down was still there. I’ve also performed with this perfume and I woke up the next morning with it on. I think it’s a great addition to my collection and allows me to open up more new characters for drag! next stop: the vintage formulation!

I'm generally skeptical about people who claim that the reformulations are a pale shadow of the OG. It is a human tendency to think that most things were "better back then", where emotion and sentimentality are free from true comparison. That said, Lagerfeld was my signature fragrance from 1983 until 2014, during which time I bought over a dozen bottles of the EDT, and I am here to tell you, the new stuff is a pale shadow of the OG. The OG could easily choke a room, and the two sprays on the chest that I used lasted all day. The opening could be harsh, but after 30 minutes, this was a certified lady killer. As the years went by, the color changed, becoming the current bright orange. It seems like they felt that the color needed to be stronger since the scent became weaker. I stopped wearing this in 2014, which was half a decade before I got "into" fragrance, and that was due to the fact that the new stuff literally was gone within an hour, it was a thin, lightweight affair, and it never got beyond the somewhat harsh opening. If your juice is bright orange, or the bottle/box says "Classic" on it, you have the new stuff, which I am certain is the cause of the sub-4 star rating above. When I started to get into fragrances, this was one of the first that I re-bought, to great disappointment. By then, however, Ebay was alive and well, and I discovered that a 30ml bottle of the vintage could be bought for about $30. The vintage was everything I remembered, and I quickly bought two more bottles. You can currently buy a vintage 100ml bottle for under $40, and if you love old school fragrances, you absolutely should. This is powerful without being choking (at least after 30 minutes); it has sweetness without being feminine; and it doesn't smell like anything else you have, guaranteed. I am so happy to be re-united with this one.

You know how you go clickin' round here on Fragantica and sometimes you're trying to decide what to wear. Then you read a review and wonder what you yourself have said about a certain fragrance? You go look for the review of said fragrance and there is none! How could I possibly have never talked about Lagerfeld classic before? Weird. Well I've worn this for years. I am a woman. This fragrance (and any fragrance) for that matter is for whomever loves it. I don't smoke but this does have cigarette/tobacco-ey vibes. It is powdery and sweet. It does not remind me of Obsession. It doesn't remind me of any other fragrance. That is why it grabbed me and kept me all these years. Eons ago I discovered it residing up at the fragrance counter in the department store where I worked. I was into the full bodied orientals, Cinnabar, Guess for women, and everything new that came along. Too many to count. Fifteen years of having full access to every lovely perfume I wanted to wear. It would have been in the 80's when I first smelled it. I was young and naïve and didn't know I could wear whatever I wanted. Times were different. My gal pals would have thought I was strange wearing a "man's fragrance" back then. Thank the good lord that things have changed! I think I may have bought this for my brother to wear back then but I knew I loved it so I eventually met up with this community of frag collecting folks and found my people. Halleluiah! Lagerfeld may be the epitome of manliness for some and the most cuddly powder bomb for others. That is the great thing about perfumes, they can be what you want them to be. The Mr. has always complimented how nice I smell when I wear Lagerfeld. It is a beauty gals and dudes so just go for it!

I blind bought this, never smelled it before. After the first sprays i was thinking ohh no.... It opens very strong, and reminds me of Azzaro pour homme. Its very masculine and very mature. Not for the faint of heart. I really love loud fragrances that will fill up a whole room and more. Right after application i went out and it felt like it could fill up the whole neighborhood and it probably did. Now 3 hours later still MASSIVE sillage and i think it will last many more hours. I have been looking for a sillage and longevity monster forever. Even Joop! Homme doesnt last on me that long. I think i will write an update about how long it last on me tonight. Its really looking good so far! A couple of years back i would most likely not appreciate this, so im glad that this is totally new to me and that i did order without smelling it before. If you want something more subtle, then i dont think this will suit you, maybe it can work if you apply only one or two sprays. Update! Wow so it’s 8 hours since I applied Lagerfeld Classic and it is still going strong! I really believe this would last at least 12 hours. The dry down reminds a lot of Kouros, it’s potent and animalistic sexy warm seductive and mature. Smelling this on me feels like a different era, it’s nothing like todays weak mainstream fragrances. My bottle is the interperfume version. Very happy with it, will definitely buy another bottle.

This is a controversial fragrance. It seems as if many people either love it or hate it. There’s no middle ground here. I never smelled Karl Lagerfeld Classic before. Really!! Blind bought it, expecting the worst stink bomb ever. And in that context it disappoints. It doesn’t stink. Cautiously sprayed a little bit on the back of my hand, fearing it would strip my skin off or at least have to surgically scrub to get it off. It doesn’t smell dated or like an “Old lady” like other reviews tell. I got a fleeting sweet orange, followed by a musky smooth leathery smell, drying down to a sweetness that hints of vanilla. Also, it doesn’t smell cheap. This fragrance smells better on the air, and for the first fifteen minutes, please resist the urge to sink your nose on the skin to smell it. I think people dislike this perfume because of its opening notes, or because it is sprayed on paper. Remember, this fragrance is from 1978, and even though it was ahead of its times, it’s got a ton of different notes that begin to align when it dries down. Spray it on skin and wait.... It will develop and show its true nature. Then you will know if you like it or not. If you like leather notes, with sweets and or florals, chances are you will appreciate KLC. If not, please steer clear of it. Finally, several reviews stated a likeness to CK Obsession, that is not true. They smell completely different.

Wow ... should have spent a few extra bucks and purchased the big bottle ... LOVE IT! Another gem that I was so exposed to for a couple of decades but never made the plunge. Unlike many, I really don't pick up on a strong citrus ... especially no orange notes perceived by my nose. I get a nice, refined yet strong woody floral with a prominent rose note being present and amber. It is also a little sweet, but not a fruity sweet ... it's sweetness is definitely from a fairly strong vanilla. It's drydown combines the sweet, woody floral with nice prominent musky scent. This reminds me of 2 other fragrances that I like ... Jovan Musk and Zino Davidoff. Jovan is pretty rough at first but this refines it. Zino is a gentlemanly scent but it also has a fairly abrupt, short lived opening and Lagerfeld makes it more pleasant. If you combine Jovan Musk with Zino Davidoff then you pretty much end up with Karl Lagerfeld Classic. I like the fact that it's a little less formal smelling than Zino but a little more refined than Jovan Musk. If you are a fan of somewhat sweet woody florals with a forward leaning rose note and enjoy a nice musky drydown that lasts around 8 hours ... then take the plunge. Hey, it's cheap ... splurge for the larger size bottle ... you can thank me later. ENJOY!

My dad had a bottle of Ralph Lauren Chaps from the 1980's that I loved to smell when I was a kid. He would wear it on nights out, and I remember thinking it made him smell like a cowboy. When my parents split, he left his bottle behind when he moved out. I kept it ever since, using it a few times until I realized it was discontinued, opening it every now and then to catch a memory of my pops. It was the manliest cologne you could think of, in a slick bottle adorned with a silver bull horn cap. Masculinity in a bottle. Perfect for the cowboy that was my dad. I've been searching for a long time for something that was reminiscent to that Chaps cologne, and I recently stumbled upon this. I wasn't expecting anything from Lagerfeld to be honest as I bought it on a whim with a different order since it was so inexpensive, but from first sniff, all those memories of my dad wearing Chaps came flooding back. It smells 90% identical to what my memory can recall, and I've loved it from the moment I took it out out of the box. It took a long time, but I finally found something to take up the mantle Chaps held for so long, and I'm glad I did.

Unique and beautiful old school scent. The opening has a strong blast of citrus and tarragon giving a rough orange opening. The opening is sort of soapy to my nose. Don’t let the opening fool you into what this scent is like for most of its life. After the opening it shifts into a character that is powdery and floral and a bit woody. The final transition is one of vanilla, amber, tonika with the tobacco permeating the scent. Overall it’s like a mixture of scented talcum powder, amber and tobacco. There is a sweetness in this fragrance, but it’s not the same sort of sweetness that you find in modern clubbing scents. Really captures the smell of disco and new wave movements of the late 70s and early 80s. The new version might be different to the original scent, but this still is a complex and classy fragrance, quite wearable in the 21st Century. It lasts all day on my skin and projects reasonably well. On clothes it will last a couple of days. Not a blind buy, but saying that it is quite cheap at the moment, and if you want a scent that is fairly unique, then Lagerfeld Classic is certainly unique.

I just don't think that there are that many fragrances out there that could give so much pleasure to your senses. It is like a movie that you watch in every 5-10 years and it gets different and better as the years pass by and as we get older, wiser, more experienced. I am thinking Raging Bull, The Deer Hunter, Once Upon a Time in America, and others territory. I own fragrances that are 10x more expensive but when compared to this masterpiece they are not even close as far as being amazing. Lagerfeld Classic behaves very different on test paper than on your skin, it develops much differently. This is a fragrance that needs you, your body temperature, your skin, the environment around you. Do not judge it by first sniff at the store. Test it on your skin and let it open up. It will take you on a ride that is so incredible that you will buy multiple bottles of it. This is the apogee of perfumery. Easy 10/10.

A classic masculine scent for the ages. I have worn this gem for some time now, and while I try out new same vibe fragrances, come back to it time and again; it is one of my staple perfumes. Apparently, Al Pacino was wearing Classic during the filming of Scarface to get into character (a bottle is visible during the bathtub scene). Anyway, for reviews that capture the description of Classic I recommend CGV's postings. For instance, I wear it with only 2-3 sprays under the shirt and let it work its magic, based on CGV's suggestion. And, as he says, Classic is enjoyed best as a composition rather than trying to dissect individual notes. I wear it year-round in climate controlled environments but not outside in hot weather. Don't overspray for a) it's strong and b) performance is great even from below the shirt as you get lovely whiffs throughout. Applied right, Classic really is a masterpiece to be enjoyed.

I remember the scene like it was yesterday; me running up the street like a demented mad woman after a total stranger, because he had walked passed me and I was overwhelmed by how divine he smelled. It was the mid-'80s and it stopped me in my tracks, only briefly, and then I was off like a flash to catch up to him and ask what gorgeous fragrance he was wearing. I immediately went to my local perfumery and bought the biggest bottle I could afford and wore it as my signature scent for many years. I still own a couple of bottles. Although I expanded my repertoire of perfumes over the decades, I never forgot, never moved away or beyond and still love to wear it. I've completely forgotten what the man looked like who was chased by the heavy breathing, sweaty young woman, but I'm grateful to this day for our chance encounter. I think this fragrance might be what the best sex is made from.

This is a rare "love" for me. I have both a vintage and modern bottle. Both smell fantastic. The vintage is a darker juice with a slightly darker scent. The modern one is ever so slightly sweeter, more floral and powdery to my nose. It's also one of the strongest fragrances I have, and I have a bunch. A few sprays and I can smell it projecting from morning til night, and even smell it on my skin the next day. This fragrance is a wonderful connection from the late 70's through the 80's and all the way up to today. Not that anything released today smells like this. But, this is a very affordable way to own a classic that smells very similar to how it used to smell. This is a reformulation done right. It performs the same as the original (if not better), and brings us back to a type of masculinity that seems to be missing today.

Love at first sniff :) mainly because it reminds me of Givenchy III, which my late mom used to wear. I still keep the vintage 7.5ml parfum late 1970's bottle with a few drops left in it (yes, I can still smell it). Lagerfeld Classic is a bit similar to CK Obsession, but only in the opening. The drydown is where I get the Givenchy III similarity. It's powdery from the orris root and has that classic dry amber scent. I don't get any tobacco here. This was a blind buy so I was expecting this to be ultra masculine, much like any men's fragrance from that era, but I find it quite unisex. It's definitely a mature scent so I think those who are over 40 may enjoy it. Not a beast in performance, but no slouch either. Around 7 hours of longevity, which is great for an affordable fragrance. A masterpiece and 10/10 for me.

Lagerfeld Classic is one of my favorite inexpensive fragrances out there. It has similarities to the modern formulation YSL Kouros, almost like it could be a flanker. Lagerfeld has much less of the funky civet note, and it is replaced by dried citrus peels. This is unmistakenly a man's scent, and it isn't for young boys or for those who like Bleu de Chanel. This is a classic gentleman's fragrance for a tough guy who's in his 30s or older. I smoke cigars and pipe tobacco, and this fragrance goes nicely in a smoking lounge with a Glencairn of 20 year old scotch in hand. The longevity is average and the sillage is bold, but the value is the best factor. I only paid $20 for a 5 oz. bottle, and I was amazed at how great the quality of this fragrance was when I first wore it.

New formulation takes about an hour to really start smelling 'classic'. Smells like a makeup factory exploded in your face until that point. If you aren't prepared, you could become nauseated. The smell is still there, though. Just a whole lot more synthetic. Always will be an awesome scent. This was my grandfather's dress scent and I used to hose myself down in it when we 'went to town'. (I couldnt imagine more than 3 sprays, now) He finally broke down and got me my own bottle and I wore that through most of middle school, with Preferred Stock. This was mostly a nostalgia re-purchase. I cant attest for it being dated because I like old shit. I still proudly wear this and Obsession and I dont give a fuck who cares. Your cries and complaints are my compliments.