Fendi Uomo
Fendi (1988)

Classic designer fragrance possessing eternal longevity and high masculinity from the word go. I'm telling you the 1980's EASILY was a decade of high/very high quality for masculine fragrances. The list is almost endless with Fendi Uomo saddled right between olfactory legends such as Kouros (1981) and Drakkar Noir (1982).

Fendi Uomo was released in 1988 which, at that time, hot heavy masculines were sadly coming to the end of their reign, (thank you very much Cool Water)!

This spicy woody unsung masterpiece is silky smooth and it just lays on the skin and just saddles and envelopes the wearer with notes of Coriander, Bergamot, Anjelica, Lavender, Marjoram, Lemon, Carnation, Cypress, Cinnamon, Iris, Cyclamen, Rose, Jasmine, Vetiver, Patchouli, Leather, Amber, Cedar, Musk, Coconut and Vanilla. How's THAT for a note lineup???

Fendi Uomo... A CLASSIC TO BEHOLD. Buy Vintage ONLY

9/10

Fendi Uomo is one I've been wanting to try for a long time as a fan of 80's fragrances and I was able to acquire a 1.7oz spray bottle from the Bethco Fragrances era. I wasn't impressed with it at all.

Fendi Uomo opens rough with what I can only describe as a mix of citrus sweetened with glycerin, sharp aldehydes (not a listed note), and black leather. It smells like nail polish remover and new tires so it's very chemical-esque I'd liken to a new car smell. This dominates the majority of the blend. I get a lot of powdery intervention from lavender that's carrying a hint of jasmine with it. I get a lot of castoreum floating among the powder.

Fendi Uomo by Fendi I'm going to give a thumbs down. A regretted blind-buy on my end that has a lot of praise and was expensive. It feels like a romantic wear fragrance but it's certainly missing some notes to further accent it versus some early 1980's fare. Then there's that new car smell air freshener or tire shop vibe it puts out. Maybe when this put out it was designed for a Pontiac Firebird/Thunderbird or Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z owner to feel sexy. I don't know it just didn't mesh for me.

Powerful, elegant, classy, ​​but not for everyone. The person needed to be special to "wear" this fragrance. If you were one of those people, know that know that it deeply marked someone's life. Perhaps more than one.

Sometimes you can't tell whether you're going to like a scent or not just by sniffing the nozzle of a sexy faux marble splash bottle. Not this time. It opens big and boozy and settles with spices, herbs, citrus, and lavender - typical notes for the late 80s, but here they are stunningly well-blended. In the mid I get a slightly lipsticky, elegant leather. My nose is sensitive to iris, so you might not get any lipstick at all. In the dry-down the leather really shines amongst patchouli, vetiver, and restrained deer musk.

Both projection and longevity are good on this EA-Bethco bottle... seems earlier versions were powerhouses. It's not the kind of fragrance I'd want to overapply, but maybe that's just me.

Fendi Uomo is a classy macho scent that makes me feel like the bee's knees. It's what I wear when even leathers such as Weil Kipling aren't refined enough for the occasion.

Masculinity Level: Christopher Walken as the impeccably-dressed mafioso in True Romance.

Got a S.pA Parma bottle here. It is seductive, slinking, stirring in regions unspoken, raw, leather, herbs, and patchouli. I detect angelica root in the dry down, musky yet verdant.

Virility in fragrant form.

I have the Bethco EDT's. Longevity is about 6.5/10. Projection is the same. I get zero compliments with this, probably because I smell like Lorenzo Lamas in 1989, which is fine with me, but I really do not care for the dry-down. To me, this definately borders a unisex. The leathery-lipstick-cosmetic drydown sticks out like a sore thumb--which can be cloying, and seems to stick around too long, about as long as a bottle of white wine and a entire Dan Fogelberg album. I do gravitate more towards a fougere like Kouros, a more musky incense to layer with oudh, for lifting weights in the garage or just some beast-mode lounging action.

Interested? PM me, I have Fendi Uomo 50ml & 100ml sizes(edt) and 100 ml splash(edt), all full, not overpriced.