Reviews of Sex Appeal for Men by Jōvan
Two fitting reactions that I received to this were "something smells like a tearoom here!" from a young teenager and "it smells partially like a grandpa and partially like a really hot woman" from a female friend of mine.
This was my only blind buy ever, apart from the ultra-low price because I thought I might like it based on reviews and honestly because I love the marketing. It's silly of course, but I'd prefer it to current ads any day. The blind buy was a success.
It does feel dated. Less dated than say Obsession (which I think is overall better), maybe because it's older and people don't remember it that much (but that might also be because I'm from a country where western perfumes were generally not available before 1990), maybe because it's slightly less distinct. I'm in my mid 30s and it does feel slightly out of place on me. The fact that it imo has a slight feminine twist to it helps, it doesn't exactly evoke a hairy chested grandpa in a leather jacket.
The start reminds me of shaving foam at first, but that quickly settles into spices, amber and musk. The spices especially are quite sharp from up close and stay that way for a while. It projects! This is a perfume I use when I go to the christmas market and it's below zero, two sprays behind the neck and people around absolutely will smell it (and the style and slight eccentricity and loudness fits the occasion). The "something smells like a tearoom" remark is fitting as well, the spices and patchouli may remind people of various incense sticks, but incense sticks' smells tend to be much heavier than this.
It lasts about 6 hours on me despite being an edc. I don't think I'd buy it if it sold for 40€, but I was happy to pay just over 8€ to get something fun and loud and slightly out of the ordinary for occassional use.
This was my only blind buy ever, apart from the ultra-low price because I thought I might like it based on reviews and honestly because I love the marketing. It's silly of course, but I'd prefer it to current ads any day. The blind buy was a success.
It does feel dated. Less dated than say Obsession (which I think is overall better), maybe because it's older and people don't remember it that much (but that might also be because I'm from a country where western perfumes were generally not available before 1990), maybe because it's slightly less distinct. I'm in my mid 30s and it does feel slightly out of place on me. The fact that it imo has a slight feminine twist to it helps, it doesn't exactly evoke a hairy chested grandpa in a leather jacket.
The start reminds me of shaving foam at first, but that quickly settles into spices, amber and musk. The spices especially are quite sharp from up close and stay that way for a while. It projects! This is a perfume I use when I go to the christmas market and it's below zero, two sprays behind the neck and people around absolutely will smell it (and the style and slight eccentricity and loudness fits the occasion). The "something smells like a tearoom" remark is fitting as well, the spices and patchouli may remind people of various incense sticks, but incense sticks' smells tend to be much heavier than this.
It lasts about 6 hours on me despite being an edc. I don't think I'd buy it if it sold for 40€, but I was happy to pay just over 8€ to get something fun and loud and slightly out of the ordinary for occassional use.
Sex Appeal is knotty pine wood paneling. It is the dashboard of a Ford Pinto. It's Lee dungarees and a western-style shirt with pearl snaps. It's the opening Minimoog riff in Gary Wright's "Love is Alive." Released by Jovan to appeal to the mid- (or lower-mid?) market of consumers, it is one of the few hold outs from this time period, and it does smell like a time machine of sorts, especially for those who lived through a time when something like this could be detected in the ether. I was born in 1978, but I do recall this hung around well into the 80s and even early 90s courtesy of its loyalists, and for it to still be produced well into the 21st century is nothing short of a miracle.
It is about as modern as an eight-track tape, but it kicks major hiney. Make no mistake, there has never been a big budget for this chestnut, but it smells like it's own special slice of heaven, redolent of old Gold soaps and an olfactory equivalent of analog synthesizer spices ("rare" ones, mind you, the box says it!). There's a gloriously fat and fusty carnation smack dab in the middle and a plastic aromatic ready-for-the-discotheque lavender. This is all rooted in a labdanum-heavy, dry patchouli, "time to musk up" kinda musky musk. It's one of the best of the cheap and cheerful, and will please those who enjoy such classics as Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur or Karl Lagerfeld original/classic.
It is about as modern as an eight-track tape, but it kicks major hiney. Make no mistake, there has never been a big budget for this chestnut, but it smells like it's own special slice of heaven, redolent of old Gold soaps and an olfactory equivalent of analog synthesizer spices ("rare" ones, mind you, the box says it!). There's a gloriously fat and fusty carnation smack dab in the middle and a plastic aromatic ready-for-the-discotheque lavender. This is all rooted in a labdanum-heavy, dry patchouli, "time to musk up" kinda musky musk. It's one of the best of the cheap and cheerful, and will please those who enjoy such classics as Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur or Karl Lagerfeld original/classic.
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Big-time Nostalgia for me!
Picked up a 3.3 sprayer of this. It is certainly the same as I remember from the 70's though Materials used now don't quite have the punch.
I wore this from a 2 oz Splash as well as the Jovan Musk for a short time in the early 70's before Givenchy Gentleman became my juice for suaving the Women Folk.
Sex Appeal was the Poor Boy's Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur which was a step up at the time.
As Varani says one can recognize the Genre in Creed's Bois du Portugal.
In any case I don't think this will be a Regular Wear unless I can pick up a Wild Coloured Acetate Shirt and High Top Bells and a Faux Gold Chain. But then I'll need to dye my now Greyed Chest Hair.
Picked up a 3.3 sprayer of this. It is certainly the same as I remember from the 70's though Materials used now don't quite have the punch.
I wore this from a 2 oz Splash as well as the Jovan Musk for a short time in the early 70's before Givenchy Gentleman became my juice for suaving the Women Folk.
Sex Appeal was the Poor Boy's Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur which was a step up at the time.
As Varani says one can recognize the Genre in Creed's Bois du Portugal.
In any case I don't think this will be a Regular Wear unless I can pick up a Wild Coloured Acetate Shirt and High Top Bells and a Faux Gold Chain. But then I'll need to dye my now Greyed Chest Hair.
I've really changed my mind on this, especially since the weather has turned chilly. This is an unbelievable scent. It IS sexy, very sexy, but you have to wear it in the Fall or Winter. In Summer it smells like an old barbershop. Once the leaves start changing, it smells like a French cathouse.
Meh, not bad, not great. If I'd have received it as a father's day gift 20 years ago or whatever, I certainly wouldn't have binned it. But that's the problem with delving deeper into fragrance as a hobby, no? You quickly learn there are levels of superior choices beyond what was once considered fine and good.
This is a Pierre Cardin doppleganger and not too far removed from the likes of Old Spice. Aldehydes & spice with a bit of amber. I much prefer those with a rougher personality from the category, like Equipage, Havana, and Montana pd'h.
This is a Pierre Cardin doppleganger and not too far removed from the likes of Old Spice. Aldehydes & spice with a bit of amber. I much prefer those with a rougher personality from the category, like Equipage, Havana, and Montana pd'h.
Jovan was on top of the world when they released Jovan Sex Appeal for Men (1976). The company had formed in 1968 under Bernard Mitchell and Barry Shipp, deliberately taking its name from the phonetics of American entry-level competitors like Revlon and Avon. These transparently gimmicky hucksters used oozing sex appeal ever since they started peddling synthetic musk oils to five and dime stores and broke hippies that didn't need sophistication nor believed in the usual social class nonsense of high-end perfume marketing. Some of the later fragrances like Sex Appeal for Men became downright classics, but most of them were abominable, and since they made their ways into so many homes only to be used up, the large array of rightly discontinued ones which survive command insane prices that belie their actual value as fragrance. Sex Appeal for Men had become a diamond in the rough for the budget disco-goer back in the day, and has since somehow passed the test of time. A lot of people unfairly compare this to Pierre Cardin Pour Monsieur (1972), as both fragrances have a huge lean towards sweet and spicy, but I think where the major difference lies is in the way each scent balances them out. This doesn't feel out of place in a collection that contains the eponymous Cardin masculine, as I find them wearable in different moods, albeit the much-cheaper Sex Appeal sees more use because it's easier to replace. Sex Appeal for Men was for the Saturday Night Fever fan that could barely afford the cover charge to the club, but wanted to fit in with all the guys "musked up" in designers. Flavor chemist and unofficial house perfumer Murray Moscona was starting to get decent at making scents by the time this came about, and is honestly the best of the original 70's bunch on which he worked.
Jovan Sex Appeal for Men opens simply enough with bergamot and lemon oil, but then quickly mellows down to a stew of lavender, geranium, carnation, vetiver, patchouli, and a sandalwood note in the middle. Here in the heart of the fragrance is where the most confusion is caused; and for me actually compares more favorably to a hybrid of Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme (1971) with its labdanum-heavy musk, and the yet-to-exist Giorgio Beverly Hills for Men (1984) with its sweetened patchouli, than it does to Pierre Cardin. It's fair that this gets accused of copying something, especially in light of how Jovan followed the Avon and Revlon trend of acclimatizing the artistic breakthroughs of the high-end designers of the time to the budgets of the mass-market; it simply is less like Pierre Cardin's fragrance than most think it is. Ultimately, it boils down to experience with perfumes and direct side-by-side comparisons to see that it actually sits closer to a hybrid of citrus chypre and spicy oriental than as an semi-oriental fougère, mostly due to Sex Appeal's labdanum replacing the amber in the Pierre Cardin. I mostly get a very smooth masculine spicy green lavender and patchouli over that "yellow" musk in the dry down, but your mileage may vary. The most important thing of all is to consider how resonant and long-lasting this is despite it' price and cologne concentration, which is the hallmark of any Jovan vintage, discontinued or current: you simply won't find a more potent juice at these laughably low prices, unless you shop at Goodwill and get lucky. Best in fall through early spring, Jovan Sex Appeal was a statement fragrance then, and still is now, so beware when you spray or splash it on that people will look at you. Best news of all: this stuff seems bullet-proof against reformulation outside a little oakmoss lost and added sweetness in newer bottles, so just buy any bottle you see.
The 1970's mass-market opinion of sexy probably wasn't gathered in focus groups or beta testing like modern R&D procedures, and the folks at Jovan probably just thought "lets make it zesty and inviting in the opening, then bring in the sweet stuff the ladies like (or what boneheaded white dudes thought they liked at the time) before making it all warm and cozy for snuggling later", like a three-step hook-line-and-sinker process. I mean that's what I imagine must have gone on in the heads of the marketing guys when they were instructing the perfumer, who then just phoned in the accords based on stereotype and blended it until it was the approximation of what they were asking for, which worked better than anyone could reasonably expect considering he was a flavor chemist. Is this amazing? No. Is this complex? Certainly not on this budget. Is Jovan Sex Appeal for Men strong? Definitely. The key here is this one comes across like a bedroom lit by candlelight, but not just one gentle candle, about 2 dozen, so the combined glow of all that melting wax is earnest in intent but a little creepy in execution. I feel Sex Appeal only survives today because despite its amazingly dated feel, it still somehow casts it's spell on the morbidly curious like original Old Spice (1937) still does. Jovan Sex Appeal for Men is a presage to other oriental hybrids that started appearing in the 80's and 90's, when stuff like Creed Bois du Portugal (1987), and Guerlain Héritage (1992) would come to pass, just rude and crude by comparison. If you're looking to smell "like the 70's" for a themed dinner party or night club event, and don't want to spend a bank roll on a vintage designer, Jovan Sex Appeal for Men will help you do the hustle, for less than the price of a rhinestone cowboy hat. Thumbs up
Jovan Sex Appeal for Men opens simply enough with bergamot and lemon oil, but then quickly mellows down to a stew of lavender, geranium, carnation, vetiver, patchouli, and a sandalwood note in the middle. Here in the heart of the fragrance is where the most confusion is caused; and for me actually compares more favorably to a hybrid of Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme (1971) with its labdanum-heavy musk, and the yet-to-exist Giorgio Beverly Hills for Men (1984) with its sweetened patchouli, than it does to Pierre Cardin. It's fair that this gets accused of copying something, especially in light of how Jovan followed the Avon and Revlon trend of acclimatizing the artistic breakthroughs of the high-end designers of the time to the budgets of the mass-market; it simply is less like Pierre Cardin's fragrance than most think it is. Ultimately, it boils down to experience with perfumes and direct side-by-side comparisons to see that it actually sits closer to a hybrid of citrus chypre and spicy oriental than as an semi-oriental fougère, mostly due to Sex Appeal's labdanum replacing the amber in the Pierre Cardin. I mostly get a very smooth masculine spicy green lavender and patchouli over that "yellow" musk in the dry down, but your mileage may vary. The most important thing of all is to consider how resonant and long-lasting this is despite it' price and cologne concentration, which is the hallmark of any Jovan vintage, discontinued or current: you simply won't find a more potent juice at these laughably low prices, unless you shop at Goodwill and get lucky. Best in fall through early spring, Jovan Sex Appeal was a statement fragrance then, and still is now, so beware when you spray or splash it on that people will look at you. Best news of all: this stuff seems bullet-proof against reformulation outside a little oakmoss lost and added sweetness in newer bottles, so just buy any bottle you see.
The 1970's mass-market opinion of sexy probably wasn't gathered in focus groups or beta testing like modern R&D procedures, and the folks at Jovan probably just thought "lets make it zesty and inviting in the opening, then bring in the sweet stuff the ladies like (or what boneheaded white dudes thought they liked at the time) before making it all warm and cozy for snuggling later", like a three-step hook-line-and-sinker process. I mean that's what I imagine must have gone on in the heads of the marketing guys when they were instructing the perfumer, who then just phoned in the accords based on stereotype and blended it until it was the approximation of what they were asking for, which worked better than anyone could reasonably expect considering he was a flavor chemist. Is this amazing? No. Is this complex? Certainly not on this budget. Is Jovan Sex Appeal for Men strong? Definitely. The key here is this one comes across like a bedroom lit by candlelight, but not just one gentle candle, about 2 dozen, so the combined glow of all that melting wax is earnest in intent but a little creepy in execution. I feel Sex Appeal only survives today because despite its amazingly dated feel, it still somehow casts it's spell on the morbidly curious like original Old Spice (1937) still does. Jovan Sex Appeal for Men is a presage to other oriental hybrids that started appearing in the 80's and 90's, when stuff like Creed Bois du Portugal (1987), and Guerlain Héritage (1992) would come to pass, just rude and crude by comparison. If you're looking to smell "like the 70's" for a themed dinner party or night club event, and don't want to spend a bank roll on a vintage designer, Jovan Sex Appeal for Men will help you do the hustle, for less than the price of a rhinestone cowboy hat. Thumbs up
Deliberately animalic and magnetic, to be sure! Sex Appeal is designed to catch attention, and it delivers. I don't think I'd necessarily wear it nowadays, as I have plenty of "regular" scents to project with a musky vibe that SAM does. But I give kudos to Jovan for such a unique, daring fragrance that still has some "appeal" to wearers and smellers alike.
Turin (Sanchez actually) gives it four stars and calls it an "herbal oriental."
This unassuming men's scent from 1976 mixes lavender and amber with a slight dash of cinnamon. Dries down to a light aromatic wood. Not heavy at all, in fact quite light, it is unassuming and subtle. Perfectly acceptable as an all purpose scent, from office to date night to sports event. Tremendously affordable (I got my attractive 3 oz. bottle for $10), and a perfect gift choice for guys who want to smell good, but who are really not "into" scent.
Not bad, not great, just okay.
This unassuming men's scent from 1976 mixes lavender and amber with a slight dash of cinnamon. Dries down to a light aromatic wood. Not heavy at all, in fact quite light, it is unassuming and subtle. Perfectly acceptable as an all purpose scent, from office to date night to sports event. Tremendously affordable (I got my attractive 3 oz. bottle for $10), and a perfect gift choice for guys who want to smell good, but who are really not "into" scent.
Not bad, not great, just okay.
Gents, do you tire of the endless line of unisex flankers that riddle the fragrance landscape today? Are you really looking to smell like a honey donut, a cup of cinnamon coffee or a basket of dried fruits!?
I will admit, many of the higher end unisex frags are very well blended (Tom Ford, Serge Lutens, CDG) and include upgraded ingredients. I love tobacco so Tobacco Vanille is on my shelf.
Although, these days I am feeling more and more the desire to strip away the fluff and get back to basics.
Jovan Sex Appeal for Men is all about the basics: spices, herbs, musk and patchouli. Unbelievably well blended and at
I will admit, many of the higher end unisex frags are very well blended (Tom Ford, Serge Lutens, CDG) and include upgraded ingredients. I love tobacco so Tobacco Vanille is on my shelf.
Although, these days I am feeling more and more the desire to strip away the fluff and get back to basics.
Jovan Sex Appeal for Men is all about the basics: spices, herbs, musk and patchouli. Unbelievably well blended and at
Cheap but good This is my first review as a Basenoter so I decided to start with a familiar fragrance that I continue to wear today at least twice a month. I'm writing on the current splash aftershave/cologne and not the spray bottle. Despite other reviewers mentioning that this Jovan classic has lost some of it's punch, on my skin, even one spray above the navel can be cloying. As I believe Ericrico astutely mentioned, Sex Appeal comes into it's realm when carefully splashed like an aftershave (For me this means a modest splash applied by hands to both cheeks, a modest splash to the neck then rubbing my hands briefly on my chest.) Right away I get the hit of rich spices and, I guess, the amber as my nose picks up little boozy whiffs from time to time. It then begins the journey into the patchouli and woods with the spices rising to the surface from time to time. At this point it takes a powdery spicy oriental vibe that actually brings aspects of Vintage Aramis to mind (Probably the green herbs.). Sillage on me is moderate (Good Thing!) and longevity is spectacular at 6-10 hours depending on the weather. The nicest thing with Sex Appeal for me is that it is so well behaved in the right hands that I wear it in a fairly crowded nurses' station and I consistently receive compliments from female and male peers when I wear it. At it's current price point it is an amazing value and I'll always have some around when I want an old school vibe. Is it as good as were Andron, Grass Oil or The Original Ginseng for Men? Not a chance. Sex Appeal is a very good fragrance when used correctly. The other three were much better efforts by the House of Jovan. Bring them back Jovan/Coty! Please don't make me beg!Pros: All the great aspects of a 70"s Power House without going overboard. Just plain smells good. PRICE!!Cons: Can be a patchouli stinkbomb if overused. Not as good as Grass Oil or Andron"
Newest formulation. Sadly, this is nothing like that little bottle I had in the early 80s -- it has the same scent, but watered-down. One can track the downward slide of these classic scents (PC, BS, etc, as mentioned in other reviews) by the size of the bottle offered, e.g., my Pierre Cardin is 8oz and my Sex Appeal is 4oz. Anyway, one finds a nice patchouli-based powdery musk type thing and I do detect a little anise, I think, or perhaps the notes blend to an approximation of it. It is definitely rooted in the 70s, but not stuck there in my book. Easily wearable and perhaps a little safer because of the reduced concentration. Marketed to men, but I would gamble anyone could wear this and be fine. All-in-all, a decent value the purchase of which would not be a waste of one's hoarded funds.
I remember growing up always wanting to be like my older brother. I wanted to dress like him, smell like him, heck I wanted to be him and so it is with sex appeal. He never quite catches up with his older brother. Take all the qualities of Jovan and split in half and you have sex appeal. Half projection. Half longevity. Half the smell. Half the duration. Definitely not a bad scent just not for me.
Another classic men's barbershop bottle, similar indeed to Pierre Cardin. It's similarly powdery (although not predominantly so) and spicy with a heady musk that screams the Seventies. Although I'm a fan of the old classics, this one does step close to the line into parody but for the low bread outlay, it's well worth it. If you have Pierre Cardin or Kanon or British Sterling, you don't need Jovan too. Longevity is phenomenal; I get twenty-four hours from this disco king.
Great reviews here - Shamu1 nails the scent's composition...this is truly a deep, warm patchouli-laden, nicely spiced, amber, wood and musk scent. It is rich but not too heavy for me. It actually deserves the attention it gets from fragrance lovers.
I have a Vintage Splash (4oz bottle) that I adore and recently ordered a 4oz splash online and it is the reformulation. I tried the latest spray in the store and it smelled somewhat close, but the patchouli smelled smoky/burnt and then it faded to a light skin scent - rather odd. However, the current formulation splash seems to wear a lot better...more similar to the Vintage, but toned down. Side-by-side, you can smell the richness and depth of spices that I believe make Vintage superior. So, it has a little bit less depth, but it still retains the smooth, warm patchouli, wood, musk and spices. The key note that keeps current formulation good is the warm amber. It is about equal and that allows the scent to carry and is a nice note in and of itself.
There is a bit of green herbs in the blend as well - along with cloves (which is stronger in Vintage). Going back & forth - my old juice is very balanced, rich and powerful...memories in a bottle! I love the old box and the marketing lines they print on it - cheesy as hell, but it adds to the macho vibe! The current is still very good, but it is definitely lighter and has less depth. It may be more wearable in today's world - but I really like the brute force of Vintage.
70's marketing aside...this is seriously good stuff. My collection of Vintage Musks would not be complete without this. Jovan's line of musks are very different from one another. To have this, Vintage Musk for Men, Vintage White Musk and other great bottles from the 70's and 80's in my cabinet is just pure fun and you will not smell like everyone else out there. Wear a nice splash of Jovan Sex Appeal, a high-end T-shirt and designer jeans and your hair slicked back on a warm summer day (or throw on a leather jacket over the top in the cooler weather) - but just throw your attitude around with your scent. You will get noticed.
Macho as hell...nothing that smells this good will ever go out of style. Period. I highly recommend it - get the current formulation 4oz Splash bottle, as it is being carried everywhere. I think the spray takes away from how this scent should be applied - and it makes a difference in how it smells. If you are serious - pursue a bottle of Vintage!
I have a Vintage Splash (4oz bottle) that I adore and recently ordered a 4oz splash online and it is the reformulation. I tried the latest spray in the store and it smelled somewhat close, but the patchouli smelled smoky/burnt and then it faded to a light skin scent - rather odd. However, the current formulation splash seems to wear a lot better...more similar to the Vintage, but toned down. Side-by-side, you can smell the richness and depth of spices that I believe make Vintage superior. So, it has a little bit less depth, but it still retains the smooth, warm patchouli, wood, musk and spices. The key note that keeps current formulation good is the warm amber. It is about equal and that allows the scent to carry and is a nice note in and of itself.
There is a bit of green herbs in the blend as well - along with cloves (which is stronger in Vintage). Going back & forth - my old juice is very balanced, rich and powerful...memories in a bottle! I love the old box and the marketing lines they print on it - cheesy as hell, but it adds to the macho vibe! The current is still very good, but it is definitely lighter and has less depth. It may be more wearable in today's world - but I really like the brute force of Vintage.
70's marketing aside...this is seriously good stuff. My collection of Vintage Musks would not be complete without this. Jovan's line of musks are very different from one another. To have this, Vintage Musk for Men, Vintage White Musk and other great bottles from the 70's and 80's in my cabinet is just pure fun and you will not smell like everyone else out there. Wear a nice splash of Jovan Sex Appeal, a high-end T-shirt and designer jeans and your hair slicked back on a warm summer day (or throw on a leather jacket over the top in the cooler weather) - but just throw your attitude around with your scent. You will get noticed.
Macho as hell...nothing that smells this good will ever go out of style. Period. I highly recommend it - get the current formulation 4oz Splash bottle, as it is being carried everywhere. I think the spray takes away from how this scent should be applied - and it makes a difference in how it smells. If you are serious - pursue a bottle of Vintage!
One of the best discount fragrances out there, this does remind me a little of Pierre Cardin Pour Homme (which I love) but it has more of a pathouli, spice and powder thing going on. I get a big slug of musk, which is almost a house note for Jovan. It smells comfortable and manly, in a good way. I do not have a bottle of this, but I have a cousin who wears it and I am always reminded of how good it smells when he is over. He is not a cologne guy at all and would not dream of wearing anything that did not come in aftershave form from the drug store. This is from a time when all real men needed was a close shave and a stiff drink..... and a little sex appeal, of course!
I thoroughly enjoy this scent. For me, it will likely never be something I can wear casually as a day-to-day kind of scent. When I wear it, I feel like I'm in a costume. I need to be wearing a loud paisley shirt with a large belt buckle to feel like my scent and appearance match. It's definitely an attention-getter, but I think that's because it's clearly an anachronism of sorts. Especially on a guy in his mid-20s. I wouldn't think twice smelling this on my grandfather.
Having read these reviews I was curious. I happened to be in Wal-Mart and the floor attendant opend the perfume case for me. I sprayed some of this "stuff" into the air and gently sniffed. a. I thought I would have to pull over to the side of the road on the way home as I could not get shed of this crap. b. I am a perfume snob. It's official. It's like being invited to a "wine snob's home" for dinner and handing them bottle of Thunderbird as a gift. Buyer beware.
Simply a classic. A bomb load of spice...simply seductive.....A must have as it does not cost much! Highly recommended.
I absolutely love this fragrance. As far as bang for your buck goes, this is right up there. Massive patchouli slap in the face, with lots of spice and decent longevity. A truly wonderful, manly 70's creation that I will always have in my wardrobe. A must have.
Lots and lots of dry patchouli with a good amount of damp cinnamon and some green-tinted herbs thrown in. Not bad at all for the price, but certainly not sexy. I have tried some older Jovan products and I know that there is no way on this Earth the kitchen spice water they're peddling at K-Mart can match up to what they originally sold in the 70's and 80's. This $#!t kills me. Never having tried the original I can still almost smell it in the ghost of the modern version. I don't doubt for a second this was a killer scent, but it's been neutered by the EU and cost-cutting and it will never roar again. Please rename this "Cuddle Appeal."
I got a 3 oz. bottle of this for $12 off amazon. This makes me smell like something out of the 1970's with a mustache and power suit. I like it. It lasts a while on my skin and is surprisingly subtle--but still noticeable. I haven't gotten any compliments on it yet but we'll see. This is definitely a excellent value and I'm happy to own a decent coty product!
Somewhat skinny but rather nice smelling odour. Nothing special though and certainly nothing provocative. It is too thin to be noticed so it will not attract women either.
Bad promise!
Bad promise!
I just bought a bottle of this today -- at Wal-Mart! It's the cologne spray (not the aftershave/cologne) in the original formulation in the old box pictured above (newly designed box may be the reformulation). Got it for $17.00 and it's WELL WORTH IT! Great oriental fragrance; spices are good (not sure what they are); sillage is quite good and so is its longevity. Been a long time since I've used it, but when I saw it I just had to have it. Glad I got it.