Chaz

Ahh, the Revlon rugged blast that is Chaz, "fragrance that's almost as interesting as the men who wear it." This was the slogan that appeared in the ads that featured Tom Selleck in 1979 donned in a tux, cowboy hat, and cowboy boots. The Marlboro Man made room for the Chaz Man as this was the peak of numerous hairy-chested macho juices on men's dressers, next to their Right Guard, Barbasol, and Kiwi shoe polish. Essentially the male's answer to the wildly successful liberated lady's Charlie from Revlon, Chaz could very well be considered the liberated man's cologne, if you catch my drift. It was produced by Revlon until the grave robber of dead perfume brands, Jean Phillipe, launched their own hollow, sad zombie resurrection (pictured above). To fully appreciate Chaz, one must grab a Revlon-produced bottle and take in all of its musky, spicy bravado. One may argue this is a descendant of the IBQ mob of leather chypres like Aramis, Azuree, with the musks turned up to 11, and a big, oily, muscled carnation "insert your choice of onomatopoeia here." It's low baritone utters "who's your daddy?" and will bring you to your knees. This daddy is in tight jeans and a white tank, dancing amongst writhing bodies to the Passengers' "Hot Leather": "you can make it, honey can you shake, baby they can walk we can run..." This almost makes me want to grow back my moustache. Yow.

My comments below relate to the original Revlon formulation. I ordered a spray bottle of the Jean Philippe formulation and it isn't what I recall. A girlfriend gave me a bottle of original Chaz cologne for Christmas during my senior year of college - the era of boot-cut Levi's, Frye boots, and the battle between rock and disco. I wear only fragrances that appeal to me, and I wore Chaz almost exclusively for the rest of my senior year. Thus my opinion is that it is an outstanding fall/winter nighttime fragrance. Because it was strong, I tended to wear it only for going out at night. Chaz always received a great response from my girlfriends and my friends' dates and girlfriends. It is vaguely oriental with a deep, almost musky woody-citrusy effect that suited that era extremely well, still evokes great memories, and remains relevant today. I take advantage of the fact that you can still find original Chaz via web outlets.

Chaz.... ....I have been on a binge for traditional drugstore cologne and besides British Stirling, Stetson and English Leather, Chaz was part of it. The reason why these are still around is quite simple... They are all genuine good smelling cologne. I don't usually buy splash cologne but i made an exemption. Chaz is a warm, cozy and comforting cologne. It reminds me a bit of Mandate, which is produced by Eden Classics but it was once part of Shulton i believe. It is a perfect example of a 70s cologne and many similar and still popular fragrances of the same character were released at that time. For a cologne it is quite strong and it is well blended.

This came on my radar after a fellow posted it as their #SOTD on Basenotes. Intrigued, I made a deal with a seller for a vintage gift set (cologne and aftershave) by Revlon - Chaz Division. If there's a clear distinction between masculine scents of the 1970s and 1980s, Chaz makes it. This has an older classic vibe which I'm guessing is a result of the musk note in its base. It's very nice and I very much like it. Recommend. 👍 (NOTE: Do not buy the bottle pictured here. It's terrible both in smell and performance, and it smells nothing like the OG.

Epic Journey Into the Bottled Yonder, 074 ------------------------------------------------------- Purchased June 2019 Chaz Classic is my cheapest bottle of perfume. You get a lot for 75 mL volume. One of my dumb reaches, it's a ridiculously awesome manly old thing. Amber, floral, musk, woody and leather-like at once. It's almost a chypre on the sweet end. The dry down of Jacques Bogart Arabian Nights reminds me of Chaz Classic in its first 15 minutes.