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.

I bought it long time ago. This is elegance perfume.Good for office day time.Mild cypress and gentle coconut smell.It make me feel good.Long lasting is ok not bad,Suitable for summer time or raining day. Best one from MARC JACOB.

After repeated uses,this is now my favourite men's fragrance.Whereas Bleu de Chanel is understated,this is much more intense.It is similar to Equipage by Hermes.It exudes a great quality.

I've had my scent for over 10yrs....it's pee yellow....and lasts forever. I love the scent pure class.

Love the smell for an hour, then goes to shit! Wont purchase ever again and this is my second bottle.

Top quality men's fragrance.Very chic,contemporary & elegant.Five stars at least.Excellent product.

Lovely, beautiful smell. Unfortunately, it doesnt always last long on me. I still love it!

I have a bottle of 125ml of this, about 10 sprays in... Will listen to offers :)

Nice subtle scent with a great smell!

The heart notes for this one are missing here; they are as follows: ginger,cyclamen,fig leaves,provence fig, rose de mai and caraway. This also contains nirvanolide in the base. This is another of those quick, rash decisions I've made and then regretted! One of the discount stores had a 4.2 EDT with deodorant and body wash for 29.99 (!) and after smelling the initial blast, I decided instead on Zirh's Ikon, not knowing the lush and beautiful creature it would become. This begins with a heavy green spicy scent with citric overtones and can be off-putting (why I did not get it at such a great price), but the heart of spice, ginger, flowers and earthy sweet figs is very sensual, and the drydown is musky, slightly sweet and woody in a very clean way due to the nirvanolide's barber shop type smell. If you try this, do not judge it on it's initial blast, give it time to mature and dry and you will be pleased (at least I was, after the fact) with what it becomes... Sillage: good Longevity: decent Overall: 3.75/5 This is a very elegant and unique fragrance built around the fig and fig leaves in the heart. If you dislike figs you should maybe pass on this one; I, however adore figs as one of my neighbors had a fig tree in Arizona and to me it's scent is earthy, fruity and woody all at once...heaven!!

This stuff is kind of strange, and I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. It is indeed fig and coconut, and opens green and creamy, and not very sweet. The combination is very tropical and refreshing, but it shares some of the bug spray aspect that intrudes into my enjoyment of Tommy Bahama...just a slight chemical edge. It starts to get less green and more spicy after a few minutes, with a little bit of the rubber smell of brand new sneakers. The green foliage also starts to return, but this time it's musty and fetid, and no longer tantalizing. Fangorn forest, where the Ents live, probably smells like this. I like how the stuff never gets out of hand in terms of sweetness, but as it progresses it just gets too dirty and staid. By the end, there's a big component of soggy, rotten rubber from an old shoe, with the foliage of an office ficus trying to keep it pleasant. There are so many better fig fragrances that it's a bit of a waste of time in that arena, but it's not too bad overall.

Marc Jacobs Men was pretty much my signature scent for a few years after it was released in 2002. Between it and Herman Lang Cologne, there were early signs of my developing yen for fragrance that would flourish by 2007 with my discovery of what would become known as "niche" fragrance. I recall being intrigued by its fig leaf note (this was well before learning of Philosykos) and loved its crisp, clean green leafiness with a simultaneously watery and creamy feel. Over time, it fell out of favor as I expanded my palate, and eventually learned of more robust fig scents, including that of Philosykos, that were more satisfying. After I used up my bottle, I never revisited it again, and I haven't smelled it in over fifteen years. I now see that its discontinued and selling for up to 300 dollars. I wouldn't recommend spending that kind of money on it. Even after all this time, I can tell you it isn't that much of a dazzler.

When I first try this, it appears to be a very weird scent, something like a minty bubble gum sweetness scent, BUT like others said, don't be scared off by this scent, minutes later, the second notes appears and it is very unique and pleasant > refreshing green scent - something like fresh fig / green grass scent that give you peace of mind and I like it a lot, it remind me a lot CK Truth Men. Last note is a mild green musky scent, very nice. This can be a unisex fragrance as it is not too masculine yet it has a very unique green/ fig scent that works! A very good everyday office or casual scent, easy to carry and versatile. Longevity is average on my skin, 5 hours plus, the pleasant middle notes last longest! Overall this is a very good fragrance that give you free of mind, and easy going. 8/10 from me. If you are looking for a unique green scent with fig, be this one!

A great fragrance if you don't mind the fact that it smells like so many others in the genre. I'm wearing a sample right now and it reminds me very, very, much of Guerlain Homme, a bottle of which I own, and which also shares the same abyssmal longevity that other people have complained about here. If you have never smelled scents like Guerlain Homme or Prada Luna Rossa (which this also bears some semblence to), and you enjoy a pleasant, lime-infused, smooth, safe, rather generic, citrus affair, then perhaps this fragrance is for you. If you only wear unique, classic, amazing or attention grabbing scents, I'd pass on this one for something more a bit more... intriguing. Par for the course, yet pleasant: 7.5/10

Marc Jacobs for Men is a fragrance that conquers slowly, it is a very elegant and fragrant soap, note that more strikes would seem the coconut ... but I'm not so sure that it is coconut, is a wood and superbly proud that fancy to the senses ... a whiff away brings me to a seaside resort in summer over a large terrace located on top of a cliff, perhaps around the cypress trees that are leading this wild and pungent smell ... but the smell certainly does not end here, the bottom is pure luxury is indeed outrageous is so opulent and rich, in essence it's something exceptionally good although perhaps not widely known. From a ride

Tried this at the store today and wow does it ever smell awesome! As everyone else says, very creamy and it definitely has a coconut vibe but as it drys down you get a floral thing going on with the coconutty (figgy) vibe in the background. I love fig and coconut (I must have 4 or 5 frags with coconut as a note) and this does it in a way that is masculin and has absolutely no sweetness. Yes it only lasted 2-3 hours on me but that is ok as I would be happy to re apply this hourly just to smell that opening. Awesome stuff and I'll be getting it and dousing myself all summer ;)

I really enjoy the fig/coconut smells in the opening; the scent is intoxicating and ahead of its time! I also feel thankful that cardamom and cumin notes are nonexist to my nose. Cumin should only belong to the culinary world, not fragrances!!! When it progresses to the heart and base, however, those watery floral notes mix with musk turn into a headache inducer for me. I love the opening fig/coconut and the bottle design, not so much for the watery floral musky smell.

interesting fragrance. To me the cardamon and the fig are the strongest players. the florals smooth out the fig, but don't stand strong on their own. This is the type of fragrance that changes its aspect based on the temperature. Colder weather favors the fig and warmer weather plays up the ginger and florals. quite nice and fairly versatile. works in the office or on a date. sits close to the skin after an hour or so, but lasts a bit.

A great creamy fig based scent. I wish it had a bit more projection power because it's a safe scent with a calmness to it. I had the chance to wear it for a majority of my summer, not yet for spring but I feel like it would be perfect for spring. Sweet fig, with a coconut scent to it, unique to my nose at least. Also, with 4.2 oz I spray this 5 times on me because of the weak projection and there's so much juice to be used.

Luca Turin's "sad fig" review of this fragrance strikes me a tad reductive. Marc Jacobs for Men was a breakthrough for me, cutting hard against the tropes of designer scents and giving me a foundation of understanding of what niche scents were aiming at. This stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a scent like Philosykos. The bottle captures the essence of the fragrance beautifully; heavy and dense, yet soft around the edges.

Marc Jacobs for Men is very feminine and not personalities. If you pour some water in cK One and a little extra help to fig, then you will come to Marc Jacobs for Men! I am interested in the smells of fig and MJfM is no exception too, but does not convince me to buy it. Linear and about four hours on my skin stays not changed much. If you want it how many times must I recommend testing it on.

کاری کلاسیک و مردانه از مارک جاکوب گرم و شیرین جذاب بی آزار رایحه ای خوش و آروماتیک دوام و همچنین پخش بویش متوسط است برای بعضی که از واکس موی سر استفاده میکنند تداعی کننده آن است چرا که بسیار رایحه نارگیل میدهد و من مطمئن هستم با توجه به اینکه اسمی از اسانس نارگیل نیامده است اما نت اصلی و رایحه غالب این عطر کوکونات یا همان نارگیل میباشد Coconut

Still have 2/3rds of my bottle. Looks and smells just like it did when I got it in 2003. The fig was intoxicating to me! I didn’t even know I had a thing for fig scent! Lol. Now I love a candle with black fig 🤤🤤 I don’t wear it often. Never complimented, my wife says, “it’s just okay.” Haha. So I wear it once in a while for nostalgia.

I bought this for my ex back in 2005. Its still quite delicious! On him I got an overwhelming smell of the fig leaves but in bottle it seems more varied. It was a nice sexy scent for someone who toes a more "metrosexual" line. As a predominantly women's hairdresser he simply couldn't smell like "man of woods".

THE GOOD: green, bright scent that is unique compared to other men’s scents THE BAD: it gave me a rash and I am not sure why, it also barely projects but still good RATING: 6/10 BLIND BUY: Yes, if you like green scents

hmm a nice scent reminds me of coconut and the tropics however I couldnt escape the scent of greasy cooking oil/tanning lotion underneath?? Plus longevity isnt very good :

MJ Men is nice and smooth. This is another fragrance that is absolutely more suitable to those warmer weather days when subtly is all that is needed.

Nice, there is some coconut but not overwhelming. A fresh spicy and pleasant fragrance. Bang and Bang Bang are not even close to this one!

I love the smell of this fragrance HOWEVER for me there is absolutely no performance. When this first released I wore it everyday and then I ran out and couldn't find it anymore and assumed it was discontinued. In 2021 I got curious and searched around and found it on the Marc Jacobs website and ordered a new bottle. I was so excited to receive it and also to find out it smelled exactly how I remember it but the performance is abysmal. I can literally spray 6 times on my wrist and 5 minutes later it is gone, non existent. The only upside is it started me on a journey to find a new fragrance and now here I am, knee deep in a new (expensive) hobby, lol.

I don't know, there's just something about this I don't quite like. What it reminds me of is how your breath smells after eating ice cream. Weird comparison, I know. BUT, there is potential. I feel something about this is missing which could be fulfilled by layering this fragrance on top of another. I just haven't found that fragrance to layer this with. Will report back...

Boozy opening. Dry down smells like laundry detergent and baby powder. If you repackage it in an art deco style bottle, this would be for your aunt. Despite the brutalism bottle and the top notes, it’s highly unisex. Lasts all day long. Strong sillage