Marc Jacobs Men

I have been brought up to a Mediterranean seaside place where the landscape is dominated by olive and fig trees that you can find in abundance as well as cypress which is used in order to separate people’s fields and mark the space with it's dark green presence in a vast landscape of green and silver that commences from the shores of the sea and climbs up to the mountains. The salty sea breeze blends with the aromas of the trees, the herbs and the flowers as they coexist in an incredible balance. I think that this perfume is the only one I have tried that is able to convey all these with such clarity as it manages to recreate in a totally three dimensional space this Mediterranean vibrant landscape and its wild but also balanced beauty. I recall my father and our endless walks at those fields where he used to define certain herbs or flowers, to tell stories about them or to reveal to me some of their secrets. I still remember our favorite place under the cypress where we used to gaze at a colorful sea of trees at the one side and the real one at the other and also swimming during the summer time. The salty fresh air and the intense aromas of the fig trees with the cypress in a superb coexistence is what I mostly detect at this perfume and this is the main reason that I adore it as it instantly places me to this landscape and awakes all those precious memories.

I have been wearing this off and on for a while now and I have to say I really like this. I too wondered about it not lasting but I have found that if I just give one more spray the lasting effect is just fine at about 6 hours or more for me. I simply don't smell coconut like other people have mentioned, but what I do get is a very nice waxy floral that reminds me most of gardenias. Perhaps the coconut smell people get or the gardenia smell I get is the fig. I love the smell of gardenia and the "heavy" waxy smell really says summer to me. (EDIT: This aroma has to be the fig.) Too bad about the reviews here because this is an unique smell and I quite like it. Could become a signature scent for me. On second thought, I am glad for the somewhat negative reviews here...that means not everyone will be trying this. If it were more popular I don't think I would like this as much but since nobody seems to wear this, I LOVE IT! As one last note, it is no wonder this unique aroma won a FIFI award in 2003. There is nothing quite like it that I have smelled. You must smell this one if you want something that is not ordinary.

Marc Jacobs Men is soft, sweet and taps into something in me which I can't help but love. I like to think I'm into manly, dark, woody, peppery, spicy, incense etc... fragrances but give me something soft and playful like this and I revert to being a small child craving the sweet and comforting. Opening with a lovely fruity citrus and cardamom I was happy enough but then it reveals a fig based fragrance which is sweet and creamy probably due to the combination with Tonka bean. Fig is one of my favourite notes it would seem and I'd go as far as to say this is one of the best fig scents for men. (although it's very unisex) I have Fico di amalfi (soft, citrus fig) and love Philosykos (stark, green fig) but I don't think this is all that similar aside from it having fig as the centre piece. It's soft Like Fico but has a creamy coconut accord and gentle woods which set it apart in my opinion. Longevity is okay but not great and it doesn't really project all that much but smells great and the bottle is cool!

How is there no coconut in this? I don't believe it for a second! Warm, sweet, milky, gourmand. Beautiful. Inspiring. One day, When I make perfumes (and become an egotistical, bigoted, hype-obsessed designer millionaire :-/ ) I would like to make milky coconut gourmand scent, but I'll muck around with it a bit to make something a lil more masculine and dirty. Maybe with tobacco and leather? Tobacco leather and coconut? Look my point is that this has inspired me to take a new look (in my eyes) at perfumry and inspired me to be creative. Of all scents I've lived, this one made me want to actually design. For the record, I WOULDN'T change this scent, it's a beautiful, unique scent, but it's inspirational. The projection is pretty good too, I'm still getting wiffs from waist height From the Marc Jocobs website, i found the pyramid: TOP NOTES: bergamot, cypress, cumin, cardamom, ginger MID NOTES: fig leaves, rose, cyclamen, water notes BASE NOTES: cedarwood, tonka bean, patchouli, moss

Imagine you are at the beach. Seriously thats about all I got. It’s good tho. There is something in it that I’m allergic to and I still wear it so that can give you an idea of my fondness. It’s very beachy and I guess sunscreen and coconut on the top. Silage is mediocre and longevity is not good. Still a great scent, value is moderate. Tonka, aqua, and sweet pepper on the back. It doesn’t last long but for modern scents that is what one might expect. A few sprays and you’re ready to go do beach things or have brunch. Maybe even a backyard game of catch. It’s unisex in my opinion and not something you will encounter many people wearing. 7/10 because it’s inexpensive. There’s so much in this price range that could do worse and many which can do better. If you need a tropical that’s unique here it is.

This is very nice! I love it for night time. I cant stop smelling the bottles top alone. It makes me want to spray it eachtime just to smell it on me again but then i would just be wasting it. I get many compliments. Sometihing about it is very gentlemen, young sexy but also clean refreshing and beachy. I see people are saying they sense coconut & I thought I was the only one but no coconut notes. strange, even has a pleasant tanning lotion scent. I hope Mark Jacobs releases a Parfum version to have a longer longevity. I also noticed that some bottles have different boxes and some the liquid is a darker yellow while some are very light yellow. They are not fake nor went bad. They might have just been reformulated. In anycase they smell the same to me. Wonder if one of them has longer staying power.

Im surprised many are saying it has not longevity or projection. I get hours of this on my skin even after shower if I don't scrub off hard. It is very masculine as well while beach fresh and nightlife sexy. It is not feminine at all but possible worn by women. I get compliments of all ages and sexes. It becomes darker and creamier in warm weather and it becomes a rich sexy fresh magic scent in cold nights when out with the friends or ladies. This is a great fragrance that recall all at once a, woodsy forest like nature, with fresh sudsy soapy clean out of the shower feeling, rubbery-like fixing a flat tire on a new car in a new suit handsome gentlemen and a sunny beachy sexy island after a long tan on the sands and ready for the nightlife. take a deep whiff and imagine all that rolled into one.

What is going on with the Fragrantica page on this one?? Its not a woody scent its a fresh fruity fig scent. The notes stated may contain those, but you mainly get wet fig leaf, fresh fig, coconut, and the usual citric top + wood base. Its the most beautiful fragrance esp in summer, totally understand some people having a hard time with it. To me i find it fairly linear it doesnt change all that much but im glad it doesnt. Its more of a memory fragrance now as ive worn it through some of the hottest summers and on holidays. The nearest thing ive smelled to it would be Philosykos by diptyque but there not that close.

COCO FOR JACOBS! I went through so many bottles of this!!!! I get coconut at the opening but surprised that coconut is not listed in the notes. I really enjoyed wearing this during the day, the silage carried well into the early evening and stayed on my clothes for days. The last time I purchased this was in 2017 at the Marc Jacobs store on Melrose in West Hollywood. I would love to find a bottle again and relive my mid 2000's to mid 2010's. I wore this fragrance so much that I go my brother and a few friends on board to purchase and wear this beautiful fragrance. MARC....please bring back more men's perfumes!!!!!

I Love this Fragrance, I wore it 24/7 back in 2004-2005 and whenever I smell it now it takes me back. I know it has lots of notes, but i just think of it as a fig perfume. lol. and i love fig. i've been thinking i might introduce it back into my library and make some new memories with it. Unfortunately its really hard to find in Australia - Bang seems to have taken over - and i'm not a fan of the peppery hit of Bang. Buy this fragrance if you want something Classy, fresh and clean and if you don't want to smell like every other guy at the bar.

I love this fragrance with all my heart and I definitely respect Lucas' dedication, however this fragrance is not discontinued. About six months ago I called to confirm this with the company and it is still available for purchase on Marc Jacobs website and in his boutiques. To me this is a warm, slightly tropical but cozy scent. I don't get a "green" vibe from this at all. I bought this for my boyfriend years ago and he must be on his fifth bottle by now. If he only knew the reason he's going through bottles so fast... I'm wearing it too. Lol

It was the night of my 18 birthday in 2007 when I first smelled this on someone. It was so different to whatever else the guys were wearing back then. It stuck out so much I had to buy a bottle - probably using up my week's student allowance... I love it. I have probably outgrown it by a few years, but I keep a bottle to bring back the memories. A shame that it's been discontinued. I have only smelled it 2-3 times on anyone else. Not revolutionary by any means, but a great unique fragrance of it's time.

On me, this fragrance gives off that sweet, creamy coconut-like scent from the fig note, and then follows up with something underlying it similar to an almost fennel or anise licorice-like quality. Not in your face, but very subtle, and adds some nice depth underlying the sweetness. I get compliments quite often with this from women that smell it. Most definitely not a wet dog smell on me, but it's pretty obvious from the reviews here that you will want to test this one on your skin.

LOVE this fragrance! I don’t wear it that often because I have so many others to wear. I have really fallen in love with Maison Francis Kurkdjian, especially 724 and l’Homme À la rose eau de parfum for men. The bottle of Marc Jacob’s that I do have is from when it was from the Givenchy brand. The newer releases say Coty brand. I am wondering if the people that say it doesn’t last long have the newer release? Mine seems to last and last.

BEAUTIFUL! sprayed this on my wrist right now. and it just takes me to an island paradise. white sand and the blue ocean in front of me. eating macadamia nuts and got coconut juice on my right. no other person on my sight. just me and my perfect beach vacation. honestly i don't care about longevity or projection 'coz then i'll just spray more. besides this for me is a scent to be enjoyed by myself.

I was in love with this scent for years, recommended by a sales assistant, and now found that it is harder to get hold of. Could anyone recommend a scent that is similar to this? I love all the woody, fig and coconut notes in this one. Its soft and I'm looking for something with a similar vibe. I would be so thankful if anyone could give me some other similar ones to try.

Very good unique summer fragrance of yesteryear. Luckily for me when I started my fragrance obsession a few years ago, you could still get this on discounters. So I did. Then over the next year it became very hard to find. Now impossible. Still got 95% of my 4.2 left. Fou d out it was discontinued so I rarely use it. Special occasions only!

My ex gf bought me this in 2004 or 5 and since then I wear it everyday. when I heard it was discontinued I went to the cosmetic shop and luckily it was on sale so I asked them to get me ALL the bottles they had available in ALL their stores in the whole Hong Kong so I bought more than 200 bottles! Needless to say I love it ! :)

Love it. It smells like coconut, woods, vanilla, and gardenia. Just HOW it works on a man is a mystery to me. Usually I would associate these notes with women's fragrances. It definitely does not smell like a woman and will not make a man seem effeminate. It's my second favorite men's cologne after Acqua di Gio.

I am on my 2nd 125 ml bottle. This stuff is just heavenly. I prefer it over Diptyque's version. This is pretty much the perfect daytime spring/summer scent. Straight up figs and that's all good with me. One that women can easily pull off as well.