Chaps 2007

So... I'm a big fan of the inexpensive clones you can get on perfume-oils.com, and I was on there one afternoon looking, and Chaps by Ralph Lauren showed up. I was intrigued, because I know that Chaps was discontinued. Like, period. Gone. So I ordered a sample vial of it for the heck of it, thinking it was going to be the obnoxiously spicy nose-bomb fragrance I remembered from my childhood. What showed up wasn't that. It was a much softer, cleaner version of it. I was EXTREMELY confused. I know Covid-19 altered the way I smell certain fragrances, but it couldn't possibly have changed it THAT much. So I came on here, did some digging, and I found this version of the fragrance listed. I'm pretty sure the clone I have in my hands right now is a cloned version of THIS fragrance and not the Chaps Musk fragrance, as I don't get any sort of spice notes to it at all that are listed there. Clean, soapy, kind of powdery and sweet, with a touch of lavender. It's like Stetson's buddy. It doesn't project very far, but it has decent durability. I LOVE IT. Perfect casual "dumb reach" fragrance.

This was the cologne I used every weekend in college whenever I went to the club or parties. A bit cheap and sythentic, but good for the money and got the job done every time. One whiff of this instantly transports me back to those days.

I have a 5ml from a long long time ago. Prob 10+ years . Smells really nice actually. I see alittle bit of similarities to Armani code colonia a bit. At least the 5 ml I have does.

As a lover of the original RL Chaps, I was very disappointed in this newer version. It just doesn't have that same strength and masculinity that the orignal has. To be fair, it doesn't smell terrible. It probably smells great on the right guy. But the original is far better!

Chaps smells rather generic, but not in a pleasant, easy-to-use way, as it's rather loud and in-your-face, which is just not what I go for. Not a fan of the scent, but its performance is quite amazing for a perfume of its price range.