Safari for Men

I like both Ralph Lauren Safari and YSL Jazz, although both as they are currently formulated seem to severely lack performance. Yesterday I sprayed one end of a test strip with Safari and the other end with Jazz, and I simply could not tell them apart! They are very similar. Interesting how fragrances from various houses across the industry can so closely resemble each other in a given era. I guess whatever the zeitgeist of the time is. These two frags were released within 5 years of each other - 1988 and 1992. Another fragrance released in 1992, Salvador by Salvador Dali, shares much of this scent profile. I really like the scent profile but I can barely smell them after a ton of sprays to skin and clothes. I've heard that YSL Jazz in the recent La Collections line, the one I have, is particularly watered down - the worst in that regard from that line. Not sure about Safari but it is not a performer. Im wearing it today, the day after wearing Amouage Bracken Man, which is an absolutely stellar performer. Maybe it's not fair to compare the performance of Safari and Bracken Man, but there is a night and day difference. I've never tried vintage formulations of either of them. But at any rate, Safari for Men is a fantastic scent profile. Woody Aromatic with Fougere touches, or maybe you could say Spicy Woody Aromatic Fougere. Lavender does so much for these vintage scent profiles. There is a bit of slightly bitter roughness with the artemisia and coriander notes, with a slight screechy clean abrasiveness with the aldehydes. There is also an orange-iness to the scent, even though no orange note is listed. Combined with the aforementioned bit of slightly bitter roughness with the artemisia and coriander notes, you could almost say this an earlier variation on the "dirty orange" vibe made popular with the later Terre d'Hermes.

My husband has worn Chanel Platinum for 20 years, which I love. And it will always hold a special place in my heart because it’s what I’ve always known him to smell like. But while I was at Dillard’s buying shirts for our oldest son, a scent hit me like a ton of bricks. Someone was testing colognes nearby at the Ralph Lauren counter, and they all smelled nice, but sweet juicy tart and not TRULY masculine - typical of today’s more popular men’s fragrances. After every new test spray reached my nose, I wanted to tell the 20something guy who was testing them, “Nice. But nothing special. Keep trying.” Of course it was none of my business, though. I continued shopping for shirts enjoying the general smell the test sprays created whoke being disappointed by them at the same time. THEN the last Ralph Lauren fragrance the clerk had behind her counter was sprayed, and I was like “YUM YUM YUM! I MUST have that!” It was Safari. It’s confident, oh so sexy, oh so MANLY but with a sophistication. It’s like a millionaire who owns the most gorgeous made to measure haute couture suits and leather oxfords with fun socks though - a sense of humor not taking himself too seriously and still humble, who also cuts his own firewood in the woods on weekends and occasionally wrestles an alligator to save a child- just once every year or so when he happens to come across such a emergency situation ;) It’s everything that attracts women to men. It smells hard working, classy, sexy, confident, MANLY, but sophisticated manly. It’s like a potion. I swear. Gentleman, try this and the ladies will love you for it!

Im SOOO GLAD and thankful that I get to read these super helpful reviews you good people take the time to wtite before I end up making a bad purchase! I HATE IT when I spend my hard earned cash on a fragrance which used to perform exceedingly well, to then get a new (reformulated) bottle with atrocious performance! I just dont see how or why it's necessary to NEUTER these classic fragrances man! There's NO EXCUSE! look at all these very inexpensive, crazy-good performing "Clone/Cheapie" fragrances out nowadays which also conform to IFRA regulations!! So don't gimme that BS about new regulations etc, its complete BULL and shame on these companies for RIPPING-OFF their devoted customers who refuse to conform to today's trends, and look to their favorite, classic brands for a great vintage dna to just be completely let down by the quality of the current batches! Some of these brands are NOW a complete RIP-OFF! I'm lookin' at you Ralph Lauren POLO, Dior FAHRENHEIT, and possibly THEE WORST Guy Laroche's DRAKKAR NOIRE which still smells great but is gone in about an hour tops, and many, MANY MORE! And then in some cases to have the AUDACITY to still charge upwards of $80 for their now cheap ass smelling reformulations! Wth man! Aaanyway, thanks to whomever took the time to read my Cra Cra Rant! Lol, but I keep getting burnt by these older brands.. They need to get their heads out they arse, and honor their devoted consumers by giving us atleast "decent reformulations" have they NO PRIDE in their flag-ship frags?? Jeeees!😌🙄

Well HELLO beautiful SandleWood dry down! Why isn't YOUR PART brought up more often during reviews cuz I had NO IDEA!?? Oh Man! Safari for men smells pretty amazing! Not super classic/Old School, but def a more mature 90's style frag. From my brand new bottle Im getting moderate to good longevity (5 to 6 hours) and MAN!! Safari smells so good! The opening somewhat reminds me of Aramis' - New West with the way the Citrus, Green notes and Aldehydes are used along with a hint of that Leather from the base, but as it dries down that GORGEOUS, creamy "Classic SandleWood" sets Safari apart and is just to die for! Plus those basenotes really do stick around for a long time once the top notes fade albeit giving more of an intimate sillage at that point, but as most of us know, the performance almost always improves with maturation so Ill be back with an update within a month or so to report. Still tho, Safari still smells really great and currently has decent performance so if ya'll enjoy that creamier, "Non-Pickle Juice SandleWood" then this fragrance is a definate must in your collection. Thanks to whomever took time to read my review.. An 8.5 outta 10 by Ralph Lauren....CHEERS! P.S. (IF) anyone also owns Aramis'- New West, try doing a spritz over a couple spritzes of Safari. They really do smell alike in the opening and therefore blend perfectly together making those top notes and the whole experience last longer. Again tho, Safari is AMAZING on its own as well!

This is a great fragrance. I first discovered it in my 30s, in the 20aughts, more than 10 years after it was released. I have a Cosmair rendition, though I had no knowledge of such things then. I only recently bothered to look and see after reading reviews here. Mine performs well, projects modestly and lasts modestly. I'm not great at picking out individual notes, but one of my favorite aspects of Safari is the airy eucalyptus note that floats above the well-integrated heart and base. It's what has some using 'fresh' to describe this, but it's not a freshie. It's not heavy either. It's just well-balanced, and well blended. It may be synthetic, but, if so, the overall effect is very pleasant and easy to me. It's not a freshie, but it's fresh-scrubbed. It's not a sport fragrance, but it's a little sporty, in an outdoor way. I can see why some use the 'barbershop' term for it, but it's not as bristly as some barbershops. In a word, it's balanced. Cool and warm, bristly and smooth, dry and semi-sweet. I've loved this fragrance since I discovered it, and continue to even as, in my 50s now, my fragrance interest has greatly expanded, and is recently expanding. I had a great shave today, with shave soap, brush, and DE razor, and this was a perfect finish to it for a Saturday. The persistent dry down is a clean soapy leather, like I'd imagine a leather strop to hone a shaving blade might smell.