Tommy
Tommy Hilfiger (1994)

Just picked up 2 x 30ml bottles of the original Aramis formulation from eBay here in the UK. Hadn’t worn this for over 25 years since I had a 50ml bottle when I was at university in 1998 when I was 20. It’s very, very 1990s and is basically a bright, citrus opening that settles to a warm apple pie. Sweet but fresh. Vintage bottles are easy to find as it was so ridiculously popular but you can pick up the current formulation for only circa £20 anyway. It was always a youthful scent so in my mid 40s I’ll really just wear it for nostalgia’s sake. As Varanis has already expertly said, Aramis made Havana the same year and they aren’t a million miles apart.

This made its way around my high school like a scabies outbreak. Whoever marketed it to kids in the late 90’s really did a good job. It’s like the kid in school you can’t stand and he’s really popular anyway. Oh well, high school ended and I haven’t had to see [smell] him since.

I missed the Tommy bandwagon of the 1990s (I was wearing Xeryus de Givenchy) - and only just tried it out and bought a bottle. It's great! Warm, punchy, versatile, uplifting, energetic, and short-lived. Pleasantly green in this age where everything seems blue.

In the $20 range it's a great deal and for many people, this fragrance is an old friend.

A very light summer scent that you can't smell after an hour. It is the "cotton candy" of colognes - insubstantial, sweet, fun and gone very quickly. Just too much work.

A masterful fragrance made up of notes that are Americana. This was my signature fragrance in my 20's in the 1990's. It's still among my favorites.

A subtle frag that should be treated more like an aftershave. Overall, a Neutral rating for me because it was absolutely everywhere and unapologetically over-sprayed by everyone in the mid-late 90's. In this case, less is way more.

Released the same year (1994), and ironically by the same house (Aramis), I personally prefer to reach for this timeless gem of men's perfumery - "Havana".

2 stars.