Claiborne for Men

This was my first signature scent, back in the early 90s, so I might be a little biased here, but I really like this stuff. It does have a synthetic quality to it, but its not a BAD synthetic quality. To me it smells like orange peels floating in soapy water. With a wildflower patch nearby (but not too close, this isn't really floral, but there's some depth to it with a green floral tilt) This fragrance also has a salty vibe to it if you smell it right on your skin - it isn't that pleasant. It is much better smelled indirectly. It is good for about 8-9 hours on my skin. After that it is a typical leather/wood/amber base, which is fine, but not what I want. I think this is worth a look if you see it cheap at Marshall's/TJMaxx. It is a good, fresh, clean scent for summer that isn't an aquatic at all.

This is the centerpiece of a cluster of fragrances that I have bought basically for shipping that are among my favorites (the cluster to the right of it is the $90 and up stuff that I cannot stand to wear, my idea of a private joke). Somewhere here (I think) is a review that says that it smells like an expensive hotel soap. That's consistent with one of the things I like best about this - it goes great with the Gilchrist and Soames English Spa line of bath products; it's a perfect match. I have tried this from both old (translucent) and new (clear) bottles and cannot detect any difference. This is one of the best values in men's colognes IMO.

I have been re-visiting Claiborne for Men every six months or so for the four years I have had my bottle. I'm very surprised how well it has aged almost transforming into a different scent. The hot mess synthetic vibe has disappeared allowing the Melon and Floral notes to really shine. I have also noticed the base notes feel more robust giving my bottle a some depth and a more rounded feel. I think the trick is to buy a used bottle that has aged a few years or try to find an old vintage bottle, the magic of Claiborne for Men just isn't in a brand new bottle.

I totally forgot about this cologne . I Bought it awhile ago and it somehow got lost in my collection. But after wearing it again I can honestly say this still has an amazing scent! a little bit on the soapy side but it has decent longevity and good silage. this is a perfect cologne for daily use. Overall I would rate this 7.5 i have just realized there are now 2 versions . the new version which is in a clear bottle and the vintage version which is in a frosty bottle as shown in the pic. scent seems to be similar but the vintage has much more longevity

Just Received an Original Vintage 50 ml splash bottle of this yesterday. Man, it's Beautiful!!! Very Nice Makeup/Lipstick smell to my Nose that brings me back to my Childhood days. I don't mean feminine when I say this is Makeup/Lipstick like to me but I mean it in a Unisex way I guess. Either way, I Absolutely Love it and am kind of Curious about the current formulation.Might have to pick up a bottle as it's cheaper by the gallon than Gasoline. I'll let you all know my thoughts if I do.

Love it! The opening is a bit harsh, so give it a few minutes to settle. This is fantastic stuff. I can't think of a single modern freshie that has this kind of longevity and projection. 10 hours plus. 3 to 4 sprays is all you need. I'm always surprised at the number of compliments I receive when I wear this. You will not smell like Grandpa nor a 90s relic.

I went through 3 bottles of this in the 90’s. It was beautiful and unique and people would ask me what I was wearing. It always worked and was in my everyday rotation. I keep seeing it for cheap but going by the consensus that the current reformulation is weak and disgusting I’ll stick to my great memories and leave it alone.

Really decent classical mens citrus fragrance but in an 80's style(but not typical 80's power). It has a nice citrus, woody, and mossy opening and it pretty much keeps that going the whole time until it fades into a skin scent in a few hours. Too bad it's discontinued if I see another bottle for cheap I'll have to grab one.

This is the first designer fragrance I had. I got it for Christmas '89. It was my signature fragrance until about the mid 90s. I agree the formula has changed, however, the overall feel of it is enough to bring me back to my teens/early 20s when I wear it. This fragrance will always have a special place in my heart.

Unfortunately has been reformulated & water downed👎 The vintage version was rich & lasting a true masterpiece❤️ damn reformulation!!!! Try to get the vintage version of this gem! I will always love this fragrance because was a gift from my sweetheart❤️

The original is amazing! I wore it in the 90s. The new version smells like spicy windex, it’s awful. No comparison.

There are mysteries in the Fragrance world. There are anomalies. The early nineties ... Paco Robane, Halston 1-12 and Quorum were just about forgotten. Drakkar Noir's popularity was fading and Cool Water was invading every night club and dance party. Calvin Klein's Obsession was still hot as hell and ALfred Sung offered a clean, soapy, spicy daytime frag that was an unexpected uber hit among the SOHO artist scene. Lots of different things going on. Lots of transitioning - lot's of experimenting. In the absolute middle of this was Claiboure for Men ... and I loved it. This fragrance was a gumbo of all of the above - but leaning mainly on a clean, aquatic, slightly floral laundry / new car smell accord. Not only did I love it but the girl I loved at the time LOVED it. This was almost given away at around ten dollars at a department store I wandered into. I hadn't sprayed in a while and thought it would be a great home fragrance because of the clean laundry / new car freshness I remembered. So I bought it. Again. I don't know how many reformulations it's gone through but there are some definitive notes that I can still remember that remind of the original form the nineties. There are clean synthetic citruses, floral, melons, metallic teas and even a very light mossy note - all of which are so thoroughly mixed and melded together - they are hard to pull apart. This fragrance was so unique when it was introduced. I would argue it is still worth wearing. I spray it on my dress shirt the day before work and it's wonderful the next day on fabric. On my skin it doesn't hold the clean notes as much as I remember in the nineties - a bit more vaporous, but it's still quite floral aqua clean. The most amazing thing about this fragrance is price ... you can find it fro under ten bucks - easy. If you don't like on yourself it's great for the house or the car. Glad I bought it again - good memories.

A stunning late eighties male chypre from Liz C, my first encounter with this was at Marshalls and I think it must have turned or something; because, it smelled like a 20 year old bottle of Avon's Weekend (EEWW!) to me. However, when I ordered this one from Midtown Perfumes on the strength of the reviews here, it was a wonderous light men's scent that grew on me and got better as it went... This begins with an effervescent citrus and faint fruitiness accented by greens (fresh and slightly bitter)and soft lavender note. My first impression was 'ginger ale'-because of it's light bubbly scent and overall smooth sweetness and surprisingly there is no ginger in this! As it starts to dry the juniper becomes apparent, the refined flowers bloom and the myrrh adds a resiny incense-like feel that is just out of this world. Perhaps the myrrh and juniper had 'taken over' in the one I tried at Marshalls. This is different from a lot of eighties scents, and the bottle is peculiar; though, I find the three different shapes and colors an excellent metaphor for the three distinct and seperate phases of this juice. This changes alot on me and each time I get a whiff of it it's slightly different, and I dig that. The ultimate drydown is manly with leather, musk and oakmoss and despite the patchouli, amber and cedar never gets TOO aromatic and finishes very clean on me with an ever so sensual earthiness. Very nice and much less intense than the listed notes would have you believe... Sillage: good Longevity: above average Overall: 3.75/5 If you want something that has a little bit of everything and not too much of anything, Claiborne is for you. I am so glad I found this one after my tastes became a little more refined. If I had smelled this 5 years ago, I would have left it behind and missed out on a quirky and unique fragrance...they don't make them like this anymore!

When I was 13 I had this Liz Claiborne For Men cologne. So giving my honest opinion about this cologne is that I wouldn't say that I particularly love this fragrance to have as my top favorite perfume but I do like it. The reason I don't in general love this perfume is because it smells too clean and smells weigh too peppery on me after trying it on. So giving my honest opinion is that I find Claiborne is an ok-ish cologne but not the best to wear anytime of the day like the evenings. I realized that putting too much of it on can choke people out as I remembered over putting it on, it choked my mom and sister out and it's not gonna be for everybody and not me either especially and I am not tryna say anything negative about Claiborne but I do find at the same that it's disgusting but not close to an old man smell much as it is in a way somewhat a nice cologne. Overall I absolutely love love the look of the bottle and also do find it cool where you can remove that black rubber thing off of the bottle. By the time I was 15 I eventually threw it away after offering it to a couple of friends of mine to those who were a huge fragrance collecting fans and all of them had the same taste about this like I did and said that it smelled too clean but mostly peppery. So I'd say that Liz Claiborne 100% stands out more well on older people. Also it wouldn't be so bad to wear to work as it is light and only lasts like about 1-2 hours max.

Now this is a walk down memory lane if you like strong/fresh chypres from the late 80's/early 90's. Along with others, it was part of my rotation for wearing. By and large, it wasn't bad. But everything already said about it being a somewhat synthetic perfume with a bit of everything and a clear identity crisis...that aptly describes this scent. It's leather...no, wait, it's a fresh citrus...no no, it's a chypre. Heck, it was nice for whatever it was, suitable for daily wear, not overly strong or off-putting, inoffensive and good for office wear. It was well-balanced so that it wasn't as pungent as Polo Sport or others of the subsequent period. In short, as artificial as it might have been, I liked it and it filled that niche of a fresh spring/summer fragrance despite it being somewhat quaint by current standards. Interesting department store frag that I do miss.

I bought this fragrance primarily for my husband, but since I love chypre fragrances, I tried it for myself. At first it's very herbal and citrusy, quite masculine and bracing. But the drydown is all dry chypre. And shares the same overall drydown vibe as some of my favorite women's chypres: Magie Noir, Ivorie de Balmain, (new) Aliage, and Halston. I took it a step further and loaded up the Claiborne on my skin, then when the citrus and greener notes faded, layered a basic rose fragrance over it (Pacifica Persian Rose) and got something that smelled like a vintage women's chypre-floral. So it's definitely one for our shared collection now, and I look forward to more layering experiments with it. Sillage is moderate to heavy, longevity is good. That dry chypre drydown lingers and lingers. I bought our bottle for twelve bucks at Ross, can't beat that.

I bought this on a trip to New York in the 90s as you couldn't get it in the UK. The bottle looked great on the side and I'd liberally splash it all over. It reminds me of hooking up with a girl to go to a friend's wedding in the US. We'd never met in person but agreed to book a twin room together via email. First night I wore a Paul Smith suit and did okay at the tables. Then the pre-wedding party went to another casino to dance the night away to some soulful cover band, who played Al Greene and the like. By the time we headed back to the room we were getting along well and she complimented me on my scent. One thing led to another and by the end of that first night we moved into a double room. To protect her modesty, I'll leave it just there. Liz Claiborne, with the ultimate matchmaker!

This, and the original 80's Perry Ellis for men were the only two fragrances I owned in my youth. At the time of my purchasing it in 1989, it was beautiful. Fruity, soapy and bright. It was the first "fresh" men's fragrance that I was aware of. In that way it pointed to the 90's. Claiborne for summer, Perry Ellis for winter. More recently I purchased the new stuff in a clear bottle and it was as nasty as others below have said. I was very disappointed. Having success with a purchase of vintage bottles of the original Perry Ellis I took a shot on a bottle of vintage Claiborne. Success! It whisked me back thirty years. While I am not one who finds reformulations always bad, this is a fragrance that cannot be judged by current production.

This is to me a "rainy day" fragrance. It's not listed in the pyramid above, but I definitely smell fresh ginger in the top and middle transition --- it there isn't actual ginger here, I'll be really surprised, and there must be some combination of other notes that smells exactly like fresh-cut ginger root. The freshness of the citrus, ginger, juniper, lavender and ozone is what conjures up the rainy day feel for me. Damp days are the only times I think of wearing this, and it seems to suit the overall impression. Although I like the fragrance from the bottle, something about it doesn't quite work with my skin chemistry, so I very rarely wear it.

I picked this up for $10 at TJ Maxx for my husband. He wasn't a fan so I passed it along to my son, he wasn't a fan either. So one day I looked at the forlorn bottle gathering dust on the back of the bathroom shelf and I impulsively sprayed it on my arm. I found it to be very pleasant on my skin! While on my husband and son it brought out the green, oak moss and juniper along with a bit of citrus, on ME it is a fresh, crisp lavender floral with some kind of menthol edge, but totally wearable for me as a woman. I like it in warmer weather or really could be worn anytime of the year. I find myself reaching for it often.