Tiffany for Men Sport
Tiffany & Co. (1998)

I was sent a sample of Tiffany For Men Sport by a Basenoter for whom it's an absolute favorite, so I really wanted to like it, but it just hasn't won me over.

To me, it mostly smells like lemony ammonia. If forced to find other notes behind the wall of glass cleaner, I would guess ginger, lavender, and some aquatic melon. Given time, as the ammonia fades, I'm left with the lingering lemon (probably technically verbena by then) with some green herbs and a pinch of juniper.

Taken on its own, this is just another "bleu" "sport" fragrance. But in terms of its placement within that genre, I do appreciate that it doesn't have that cheap metallic "woody amber" drydown or overplayed grape drink topnotes that notoriously plague mainstream masculine scents of this style, so I get why this could be considered a stand-out, but this whole style in general doesn't do much for me, and I especially don't like the ammonia note, so I'm afraid I still have to go thumbs-down, with apologies...

Shopping, stroll, café.
Juniper, clean musks, a breeze
And Tiffany blue.

Note: Review is of the current version.

A blatantly synthetic - and cheap smelling fragrance. It takes the Tiffany for Men structure, reduces any substance, and then adds in some fresh/sporty/semi-aquatic notes that render the fragrance shrill and screechy.

Fragrances like the Chanel Allure Homme sport flankers are in similar olfactory territory, and would be an upgrade over this.

2/5

Tiffany for Men Sport - a sport scent it is not, rather a clean scent ... a pleasant citrus opening, via its playful lemon and bergamot, reluctantly yields to a ferocious, spicy, green override, exceptionally furnished by juniper, fern and coriander. This newly transformed, green opening is lovingly carried to its heart, a muted, geranium and rose floral accord, which brings a glimpse of sweetness as the greenness subsides. This pleasing, light sweetness is relentlessly tugged at by its woody and spicy base, and is subsequently engulfed by the magic of the sandalwood, pepper, nutmeg and vetiver. I must say the spicy notes are somewhat bridled and, regrettably, do now reach full potential ... average longevity, but the lightness of this scent appears to affect its sillage ... the spices apparently are not the only thing that fails to reach its potential ...

Considering this was created by Jacques Polge, I'm surprised there aren't more reviews. Tiffany for Men Sport is a nice, pleasant fragrance; it's not quite as "blue" as some of the more popular current fragrances (probably because of its pepper or juniper). It's a great scent for work, and is more appropriate for evenings than most light scents. My only quibble is that it doesn't last very long -- I need to almost drench myself in it to get more than three or four hours. And I don't even know why the word "sport" is on the bottle, since it has no meaning in this context. This is one of those scents that might make some people bored, but I don't think anyone will hate it.

Funny that foetidus didn't detect the pepper, as it was the only note that I identified when I wore this, and I was kind of proud that I did because I still don't consider myself much of a nose.Anyway, I get a cKone note in here. That same note is also in Chrome. Someone actually ruined both of those fragrances for me by questioning whether or not I had been smoking (I hadn't) This has happened on multiple occasions (same person) with both cKone and Chrome, and it also happened with TFMS. It really is a shame, because I feel that this one is head and shoulders above either Chrome or cKone. At least I don't own a bottle, which would now have to take its place beside those other smoke-smelling fragrances. It's interesting how I wore my sample, and all throughout the day I had a growing adoration for the fragrance, and one cigarette comment blew the whole deal.So, yeah. I found this to be great, but will never wear it.