I actually nabbed a bottle of boss number one and I absolutely adore it. It came out when I wasn't even remotely alive yet. It's really a favorite of mine now and benefit is that my wife loves it too. In fact, she liked it well before I did but it grew on me. Wife and I are in our 20s so maybe our friends don't, but we do 😂.
If you wanna stand out from the crowd you gotta go with the classics. Fahrenheit is one of a kind. There’s a reason it still sells today and at premium prices. One of my all time favourites.
I am still loving Davidoff cool water to this day, don’t care what anyone says , I get compliments more now than ever before because it’s not as common now as it used to be so it stands out now 👍🏻 . Always keep one in your set guys .
Old AF frag guy here. Lol. I 2nd your adds big time! I was actually in middle school and HS in the 80s. Can't also forget Brut, Pierre Cardin, Paco Robanne Pour Homme. There was an Old Spice by Night too. Lol. My P Dropper was Calvin by Calvin Klein!!
@@joe19912 nice man!! I had an uncle that put me onto Z14...loved it but I always thought was too mature for me at the time but u are sooo right! Unique and ultra manly scent. I can actually smell it writing and thinking about it!
80s baby right here. Drakkar Noir reminds me of my dad for some reason. He may have worn that or something else with similar notes. Love the way it smells, too!
Halston Z-14 could probably belong to this list. I just saw it was released in 76, but it was very popular in the 80s. Same for Azzaro pour Homme from 78.
Man, the first half of this list was nostalgic! My grandfather and uncle wore and loved Korous, my dad loved Drakkar and I, along with everyone in middle & high-school, wore Cool Water and Fahrenheit! Great list
Just tried Antaeu s for the first time today and compared it to Aramis. Side by side. Chanel is better hands down. Such a gem. I'll be buying it for Christmas.
Cool Water is a timeless classic. And Obsession is definitely an underrated fragrance. I love old school scents, bit I think I'm more familiar with ones from the early 90s.
First of all, the 80s were great! The most prominent fragrances that I remember being worn were Polo (late 70s release, I know), Drakkar, Cool Water, and, believe it or not, Brut. I fell into the Polo and Cool Water groups. I miss those times…..
Just finished my bottle of Obsession yesterday. And no, i didnt drink it. THE 80S, the Miami Vice, the clothes. Never had the Drakkar, reckon it's next.
I started wearing fragrances in 84. Obsession, Drakkar and Fahrenheit are definitely my 3 favorite fragrances from the 80’s. Although RL Polo from 78 was my favorite fragrance to wear then.
Great video. Grew up in the 80s Drakkar noir was the first fragrance i owned. I think the designer frags back then were much more daring than they are today. Designers today play it too safe with their releases. Anyway, great list man. Cheers.
I would have been surprised and utterly disappointed if Drakkar Noir wasn't featured as the first fragrance :D long live Drakkar Noir!!! Great list, Drakkar+Antaeus+Fahrenheit is my 80s power trio. I think Quorum would have deserved a spot on the list. Another historic list video would be amazing, maybe exploring stuff from the 50s to 70s ;)
Wish I had all the money I spent on Drakkar Noir back in high school and college, didn't help that I had no concept of "less is more" and just about bathed in the stuff and went through a bottle a month.
Awesome list! Haven't dared to buy Drakkar Noir yet, but I guess it's inevitable.... For me the Classic Van Gils is also one of the most prominent 80's scents
Fahrenheit was the first smelly I ever owned. My dad was doing a job for a well-to-do guy and he gave it to him because his girlfriend didn't like it. My dad is more Aramis, Eternity, Red etc so Fahrenheit wasn't for him. So he gave it to me at the age of 16 and boy did I get some action through my late teens and twenties with it! I will always own a bottle of the stuff!
I was going to say the scent I wore the other day was an 80's scent but when I looked it up, it had came out in 1975. Two years before I was born. That scent was Grey Flannel. I know, I know it's not "popular" nowadays but I still like it. 🤷🏿♂️ Anyway, 2 ACTUAL 80's releases that I love and still own are Obsession and Sung Homme. One of my uncle's used to wear Obsession when I was a kid. When I was older it was one of the first fragrances that I bought. So it has sentimental meaning to me. And Sung Homme, who doesn't like Sung Homme? I know Mugler cologne is said to be the quintessential soapy fragrance. Yeah, yeah, but Sung Homme is Irish Spring in a bottle. Straight up. I rocks with Sung Homme to this day!
Geoffrey Beene gets no love from the youtubers... Bowling Green and Grey Flannel were both excellent. Ash you gotta give props to both of those sometime
Obsession is the wife's favorite scent. I was always down with Cool Water, and Drakkar was my go to in High School. I wore that completely out. I'm trying Boss #1 and Versace Homme next. I like rocking old school scents every so often, like Quorum and Aramis, which I have the original, the special blend and the tobacco blend. Love the old school vibe.
Brilliant! Oh the memories! Grew up in the 80s and started my interest in fragrance. Gosh too many to mention. From your list Obsession for sure. Eternity a little later but brilliant too. Grey Flannel, agree to that too. Armani Homme..the list goes on. As do the memories... Thank you. Excellent review. Cannot wait for Part 2 and a 90s revival.
How come you didn’t talk about Polo “green”? I grew up in the 80’s the 2 heavy weights were Polo and Drakkar Noir. When I think of Drakkar I think of the early 80s and Polo for the later 80’s
I'd love to see all the diagnostics, sales charts etc for the 1980s hair care product market and be able to compare it to the sales reports from the 1990s. Grunge kicked in so no more hair metal perms and big hair for BOTH girls and guys. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the financial charts would demonstrate a shocking decline in the 1990's for all product sales, especially hair mousse. :D
@@JT-rx1eo I can see that... I haven't tried this newer version and I just own the old one (not the black and white), but they always do this with great fragrances...
@@heitorcalvo lol, wore YSL Jazz to a school dance in the late 80s :) Can't remember what it smelled like, but the bottle was excellent - the black and white zig zag!
If (When) you do a 90’s version of this list, please add Ralph Lauren Safari to that list. It pulled me tons of unsolicited compliments back in the day! Also, Clinique Happy as well.
Exceptional work, Ashton. Nevertheless you cannot exclude Polo.... The Eighties gods were so powerful some arrived a bit early! The greatest men's fragrance of all however was RL Monogram. Nothing since is close.
Glad you included Boss Number One, one of my favourite scents, such a powerhouse! I feel like I would wear it more if it was more of a crowd pleaser. Well my grandma likes it haha! I have worn it often though because I like it and it gives sort of confidence boost, power baby yes.
Yeah I haven't bought a bottle in ages but I keep hearing people say that it doesn't smell of perform like it used to. What a shame, especially when Polo just keeps cranking out flankers that aren't nearly as well loved as the original anyway.
Dior Fahrenheit is a masterpiece. Does it smell a little bit like gasoline? Yes. But do not let that scare you, it’s not in a bad way. It is fiery, leathery, and an absolutely divine fragrance. Amazing performance with a lot of projection. Very manly and WILL have a memorable impression on any person that encounters you. Fahrenheit is a must have in any collection. Trust
The two I owned back in the day (early 90s for me) were Drakkar and Calvin. Still love wearing them. I didn’t smell Zino until last year but it’s amazing.
Thank you for your list. My first fragrance in the 80s was actually Drakkar! I think with Cool Water, it is hard to understand the influence when it came out. There was an enormous advertising campaign. When I first smelled it, I was blown away. I totally agree with your comments on Kouros and Zino. Did you ever try Verruti 1881?
Polo (Green) should have been on this list. I know it came out in '78, but it was big in the '80s. It smelled fantastic, and girls loved it. I'm a fairly credible source since I graduated high school in 1984.
I started wearing Obsessions since 2002. Just switched to Dior Sauvage for a month. Now I am thinking of switching to Bleu De Chanel (EDP) for life. The one brand that all fragrance experts (including you of course) agreed to be great. You put it in your S tier. I am just gonna buy Bleu De Chanel blindly (5 ounce) and hopefully stay another 20 years loyal haha
Great video Ash! Drakkar, Obsession, and Zino are classics for a reason. They’ve been awesome since they were released 40ish years ago. That’s amazing! Be well, Ash. 👍
This vid hits home. I grew up in the eighties and smelled many of these fragrances. Such nostalgia. Obsession is my favorite fragrance of the entire lot. Oh. And I was expecting to see Sung Homme on this list. Well! Maybe next time. 🤷🏾♂️
I don't think that was 1980's though. Same for CK One: it coincided with the androgynous 'grunge' scent that the big corporations locked into and sold back to us in a variety of forms.
I like the Drakkar Noir but i love my Bijan. I tried Joop and like you i can't get with it on me but my friend at work rocks that shy't and I'm impressed with it, makes no sense but maybe i gotta wait longer for the dry down. I also have Zino and its thick'n classy
1. Christian Dior Fahrenheit 2. Hugo Boss Number One 3. Giorgio Armani Eau Pour Homme 4. Cartier Santos 5. Guy Laroche Drakkar Noir 6. Calvin Klein Obsession For Men 7. Givenchy Xeryus 8. YSL Kouros 9. Versace L'Homme 10. Hermes Bel Ami
My dad who is an average blue collar guy and isn’t a fragrance guy swears by Drakkar Noir. I had him smell some other 80s scents (Joop, Fahrenheit, Canoe) but he still says Drakkar is king. It shows that if you love a certain scent there might be nothing to change you mind especially if you wore them in the 80s.
That's a really interesting point you brought up about having to cut through cigarette smoke, I hadn't even considered that! BTW Kouros is an absolute masterpiece, it got me into fragrances & changed my whole perception of what I thought fragrances were about, it wasn't just about smelling nice it was also a statement, you could convey how you wanted people to perceive you without saying a word.
Excellent video thank you! IMO the 80s was the golden era for masculine men's fragrances. Joop! though technically released in the 80s, definitely is not an 80s fragrance. All the others you mentioned are awesome, though some so diluted (Antaeus, Kouros, Cool Water etc.) that the vintage is an almost completely different and definitely much better fragrance than the current versions.
i love Obsession for Men by CK, however my favourite 80's fragrance that barely anyone talks about is Bijan for Men 1987 with the classic doughnut shape bottle.
I'm 43 and I remember escape, eternity, hugo boss the canteen bottle style. My cousin overdosed on Drakkar lol. I remember my uncle buying me Realm "to get the girls" since it allegedly had pheromones in it
I'm an aging 80's kid. I've been trying a lot of samples of fragrances by all the popular houses the last few months, trying to break out of my 35 year routine. Everything smells like fruit salad these days, so I guess I'm going to go back to Obsession 😂
As someone who graduated in 85 and was a bartender in a busy night club, it's absolutely CRIMINAL that Polo isn't mentioned. It was THE masculine fragrance of the Era. Bars and shopping malls were plume after plume of this luxurious powerhouse. It was instantly recognizable. I agree with Drakkar, Obsession, Coolwater, and Kouros needing their place on this list. There's also the glaring omission of Aramis, Halston Z14, Quorum, and Paco Rabanne PH. I lived it. I can understand leaving out the last 4 I mentioned, but NOT Polo.
This was such a fun trip through memory lane for me! It reminded me of my teenage years and several of my male friends wearing Kouros and Drakkar Noir. Also Amando Noir, very popular at the time but which I can’t find on fragrantica.
Lol, I wore most of those ( especially Drakkar when I joined the Navy). In 1988 I bought Fahrenheit and Cool Water and Joop! in '89. I have been a fragrance guy since I first wore Grey Flannel, Lagerfeld, Paco Rabanne, and Polo green in the 70's. A couple of other 80's colognes I wore a whole lot were Giorgio Beverly Hills Men and Lapidus Pour Homme, Estee Lauder for men, Bijan, Ceasars man and Aramis by Aramis. Thank for bringing back wonderful memories Sir!
If society has shown me anything, it’s that after all ideas are used up, we go back to vintage products 🤣
Vintage is the best
Facts
I actually nabbed a bottle of boss number one and I absolutely adore it. It came out when I wasn't even remotely alive yet. It's really a favorite of mine now and benefit is that my wife loves it too. In fact, she liked it well before I did but it grew on me. Wife and I are in our 20s so maybe our friends don't, but we do 😂.
how did bro get the creed aventus emoji
@@jourdinthedragonThat one is a killer!!!💪🏼
I still wear drakkar noir here and there and It still brings in compliments. I was born in the early 80s and it speaks to me.
Great video! Polo by Ralph Lauren went missing in this list...the famous green bottle with the polo player and the gold cap. Iconic in the mid 80's.
If you wanna stand out from the crowd you gotta go with the classics. Fahrenheit is one of a kind. There’s a reason it still sells today and at premium prices. One of my all time favourites.
Well said!!! I even shelled out the money recently for a vintage bottle!
I'm a woman and I love Fahrenheit on me. There's nothing like it.
I agree!
Yep it’s an all time classic I still wear it often in the cooler months or at night
For real
I am still loving Davidoff cool water to this day, don’t care what anyone says , I get compliments more now than ever before because it’s not as common now as it used to be so it stands out now 👍🏻 .
Always keep one in your set guys .
No Quorum ? I wore it because we went out dancing , sweaty clubs . Kouros I wore to work, Halston Z14 .
Old AF frag guy here. Lol. I 2nd your adds big time! I was actually in middle school and HS in the 80s. Can't also forget Brut, Pierre Cardin, Paco Robanne Pour Homme. There was an Old Spice by Night too. Lol. My P Dropper was Calvin by Calvin Klein!!
Z-14 came out late 70s, but it was my main pdropper thru the 80s. Still keep a bottle. Side note, Varvatos Oud is almost a clone of it.
@@joe19912 nice man!! I had an uncle that put me onto Z14...loved it but I always thought was too mature for me at the time but u are sooo right! Unique and ultra manly scent. I can actually smell it writing and thinking about it!
1. Ralph Loren - Monogram
2. Drakkar Noir
3. Lagerfeld Photo
4. Obsession
and on and on. Glad I grew up in the 80s. So many great scents
Facts brother
Let's be real here - in 5 years, we will be far enough from the 80's that these will all be brand new to the younger set.
This is it already for me. I like to discover what the previous decades had to offer.
💯👊🏼
True that
Ash looks for any reason to talk about Drakkar Noir lol.
80s baby right here. Drakkar Noir reminds me of my dad for some reason. He may have worn that or something else with similar notes. Love the way it smells, too!
Halston Z-14 could probably belong to this list. I just saw it was released in 76, but it was very popular in the 80s. Same for Azzaro pour Homme from 78.
Man, the first half of this list was nostalgic! My grandfather and uncle wore and loved Korous, my dad loved Drakkar and I, along with everyone in middle & high-school, wore Cool Water and Fahrenheit! Great list
Calvin klein ETERNITY... Brings back to highschool
Amazing fragrance. Lasts long and a 200 ml btl is a steal at discounters
I always liked escape better
I’m still wearing Chanel Antaeus to work and I’m still loving it
Just tried Antaeu
s for the first time today and compared it to Aramis. Side by side. Chanel is better hands down. Such a gem. I'll be buying it for Christmas.
I wore Yardley Gold, Coty Stetson & Drakkar Noir in the 80's & early 90's in high school and college. What awesome memories.
Awesome list ! Absolutely love most of those especially kouros and Drakkar noir …Zino is garbage though just saying 🤣🤣
Cool Water is a timeless classic. And Obsession is definitely an underrated fragrance.
I love old school scents, bit I think I'm more familiar with ones from the early 90s.
Wearing cool water right now. Definitely an all time great cologne. Easy to wear
I love paying homage to the old school scents
@@kylemarsuni love obsession, but i like aspen more than cool water
Vintage Obsession edt and Polo green is all I wore in the 80s' and 90s' and they worked phenomenally.
I’m wearing drakkair noir right now. It’s probably my all time favorite.
Just bought Hugo Boss: Number 1 yesterday. You cant go wrong with vintage.
Try Hugo Boss Extreme.Same fragrance but with longer lasting.
Vintage > Modern. In my humble opinion of course.
Fahrenheit was my dads frag when I was a kid. Used to put it on a cotton ball and have it in my pocket at school and huff it 😂 lovely stuff
Same brother! My dad wore that like crazy!
Likewise. My dad was drenched in this stuff throughout the 90's.
I love this comment. The image of you with that cotton ball is too adorable for words.
Nothing wrong with the bottle. Drakkar is one of the GOATs.
First of all, the 80s were great! The most prominent fragrances that I remember being worn were Polo (late 70s release, I know), Drakkar, Cool Water, and, believe it or not, Brut. I fell into the Polo and Cool Water groups. I miss those times…..
Polo was introduced in 1978, I agree 80's all the way and
don't forget Paco Rabanne
Just finished my bottle of Obsession yesterday. And no, i didnt drink it. THE 80S, the Miami Vice, the clothes. Never had the Drakkar, reckon it's next.
I started wearing fragrances in 84. Obsession, Drakkar and Fahrenheit are definitely my 3 favorite fragrances from the 80’s. Although RL Polo from 78 was my favorite fragrance to wear then.
Great video. Grew up in the 80s Drakkar noir was the first fragrance i owned. I think the designer frags back then were much more daring than they are today. Designers today play it too safe with their releases. Anyway, great list man. Cheers.
I would have been surprised and utterly disappointed if Drakkar Noir wasn't featured as the first fragrance :D long live Drakkar Noir!!! Great list, Drakkar+Antaeus+Fahrenheit is my 80s power trio. I think Quorum would have deserved a spot on the list. Another historic list video would be amazing, maybe exploring stuff from the 50s to 70s ;)
Wish I had all the money I spent on Drakkar Noir back in high school and college, didn't help that I had no concept of "less is more" and just about bathed in the stuff and went through a bottle a month.
The best 80s I ever smelled and still own is Gucci Nobile released in 1988.
Awesome list! Haven't dared to buy Drakkar Noir yet, but I guess it's inevitable.... For me the Classic Van Gils is also one of the most prominent 80's scents
Did you ever purchase Drakkar? What did you think of it?
Fahrenheit was the first smelly I ever owned. My dad was doing a job for a well-to-do guy and he gave it to him because his girlfriend didn't like it. My dad is more Aramis, Eternity, Red etc so Fahrenheit wasn't for him. So he gave it to me at the age of 16 and boy did I get some action through my late teens and twenties with it! I will always own a bottle of the stuff!
Love Fahrenheit, even though some hate it. The parfum is even better.
One of the best leather scents out there. Love the smell and the bottle.
It’s TIMELESS
My Dad would soak himself in Kouros then make our school lunches. You want hungry unless you liked Kouros scented sandwiches! 🤣
I love this comment.
I was going to say the scent I wore the other day was an 80's scent but when I looked it up, it had came out in 1975. Two years before I was born. That scent was Grey Flannel. I know, I know it's not "popular" nowadays but I still like it. 🤷🏿♂️
Anyway, 2 ACTUAL 80's releases that I love and still own are Obsession and Sung Homme. One of my uncle's used to wear Obsession when I was a kid. When I was older it was one of the first fragrances that I bought. So it has sentimental meaning to me. And Sung Homme, who doesn't like Sung Homme? I know Mugler cologne is said to be the quintessential soapy fragrance. Yeah, yeah, but Sung Homme is Irish Spring in a bottle. Straight up. I rocks with Sung Homme to this day!
I have grey flannel in my desk drawer. Lol
Geoffrey Beene gets no love from the youtubers... Bowling Green and Grey Flannel were both excellent. Ash you gotta give props to both of those sometime
@@rutabaga7700 I know right! I haven't tried Bowling Green yet.
Grey flannel is amazing sprayed on clothes on a cold night by the fire ! Old skool
One of a kind scent that actually smells like the name, damp autumn morning in a bottle.
Obsession is the wife's favorite scent. I was always down with Cool Water, and Drakkar was my go to in High School. I wore that completely out. I'm trying Boss #1 and Versace Homme next. I like rocking old school scents every so often, like Quorum and Aramis, which I have the original, the special blend and the tobacco blend. Love the old school vibe.
My 80's top list:
1- Jazz YSL (signature scent for around 20 years)
2- Versace
3- Kouros
4- Cerruti 1881
5- Drakar Noir
Jazz from YSL was my favorite too… love that scent.
If you wan to smell a real masterpiece of the 80s, try get a Mini of "Jil Sander - Man Pure" from 1981. It will change you
Some of these were still absolutely huge in the 90s. My high school hallways were filled with the smells of Obsession and Drakkar Noir.
Brilliant! Oh the memories! Grew up in the 80s and started my interest in fragrance. Gosh too many to mention. From your list Obsession for sure. Eternity a little later but brilliant too. Grey Flannel, agree to that too. Armani Homme..the list goes on. As do the memories... Thank you. Excellent review. Cannot wait for Part 2 and a 90s revival.
How come you didn’t talk about Polo “green”? I grew up in the 80’s the 2 heavy weights were Polo and Drakkar Noir. When I think of Drakkar I think of the early 80s and Polo for the later 80’s
Nothing is more 80's than Polo. The scent and the clothing. However, the cologne debuted in 1978.
Halston Z-14, Drakkar Noir , and RL Polo Green were my "Go-to's"
I was wondering if should halston z-14 or creed aventus
The 80s had to contend with cigarette...half a can of aqua net in the hair....regular LEADED gasoline
I'd love to see all the diagnostics, sales charts etc for the 1980s hair care product market and be able to compare it to the sales reports from the 1990s. Grunge kicked in so no more hair metal perms and big hair for BOTH girls and guys. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the financial charts would demonstrate a shocking decline in the 1990's for all product sales, especially hair mousse. :D
Just ordered gray flannel I know it’s from the 70s and I’m an 80s baby but I love it reminds me of my pops nobody really likes it but I love it
I prefer eau de grey flannel...but I feel ya
@@tejanissimo haven’t smelled that one but it’s on my list now thanks 👊🏼
80's fragrances were the heavy stainers of shirts back in the days 😂😂😂😂
Great video, Ash! YSL Jazz was another amazing fragrance (and one of my favorites) released in the 80's! Shout-out from Brazil!
Jazz has a nice scent profile, but the reformulated Jazz from that YSL La Collections line is way watered down.
@@JT-rx1eo I can see that... I haven't tried this newer version and I just own the old one (not the black and white), but they always do this with great fragrances...
@@heitorcalvo lol, wore YSL Jazz to a school dance in the late 80s :) Can't remember what it smelled like, but the bottle was excellent - the black and white zig zag!
Hey friend
If (When) you do a 90’s version of this list, please add Ralph Lauren Safari to that list. It pulled me tons of unsolicited compliments back in the day! Also, Clinique Happy as well.
I remember my dad wearing Clinique Happy when I was a 90s kid 😁
Zino, zino, zino! Certainly worth every penny. Really surprised me as to just how great it is. It's a 80's masterpiece for men.
Exceptional work, Ashton.
Nevertheless you cannot exclude Polo.... The Eighties gods were so powerful some arrived a bit early!
The greatest men's fragrance of all however was RL Monogram. Nothing since is close.
Glad you included Boss Number One, one of my favourite scents, such a powerhouse! I feel like I would wear it more if it was more of a crowd pleaser. Well my grandma likes it haha! I have worn it often though because I like it and it gives sort of confidence boost, power baby yes.
The 80s were the best years of my life. I didn't like the 70s. I'm pretty old but not too old. 😉
The 70’s took off when Stars Wars hit theaters for me.
I’d wear polo all day everyday if still smelled like the 80s
Yeah I haven't bought a bottle in ages but I keep hearing people say that it doesn't smell of perform like it used to. What a shame, especially when Polo just keeps cranking out flankers that aren't nearly as well loved as the original anyway.
Drakkar Noir is so nice after a shower after work. Love it. And only £20 😆👌
Love these kind of fragrance enthusiast vids!
A couple that I grew up wearing were a couple cheapies stetson, perfered stock & old spice. And they're ones that I still love nowadays
Dior Fahrenheit is a masterpiece. Does it smell a little bit like gasoline? Yes. But do not let that scare you, it’s not in a bad way. It is fiery, leathery, and an absolutely divine fragrance. Amazing performance with a lot of projection. Very manly and WILL have a memorable impression on any person that encounters you. Fahrenheit is a must have in any collection. Trust
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I hope you do a 90s and early 2000s video as well :-)
The two I owned back in the day (early 90s for me) were Drakkar and Calvin. Still love wearing them. I didn’t smell Zino until last year but it’s amazing.
Versace L'Homme is still one of my absolute favorites. It still has GREAT oakmoss, and the animalic notes are lovely with the lemon and the carnation.
Thank you for your list. My first fragrance in the 80s was actually Drakkar! I think with Cool Water, it is hard to understand the influence when it came out. There was an enormous advertising campaign. When I first smelled it, I was blown away. I totally agree with your comments on Kouros and Zino. Did you ever try Verruti 1881?
Polo (Green) should have been on this list. I know it came out in '78, but it was big in the '80s. It smelled fantastic, and girls loved it. I'm a fairly credible source since I graduated high school in 1984.
bring back "gone but not forgotten"
Love Drakkar Noir! Really dug the flanker, though- Drakkar Noir Dynamik. Doesn’t get a lot of love, but MAN, that stuff was killer!
No 80s list is complete without eternity.
Man, my concert scent in the 80’s are Paco Rabanne Ténèré!
A fantastic rock fragrance!
Great video. Please do one from the 70's and one from the 90's!
I started wearing Obsessions since 2002. Just switched to Dior Sauvage for a month. Now I am thinking of switching to Bleu De Chanel (EDP) for life. The one brand that all fragrance experts (including you of course) agreed to be great. You put it in your S tier. I am just gonna buy Bleu De Chanel blindly (5 ounce) and hopefully stay another 20 years loyal haha
It’s a great scent
Who you calling old😂... Jk... a lot of these are my favorites😎✌️
Great video Ash! Drakkar, Obsession, and Zino are classics for a reason. They’ve been awesome since they were released 40ish years ago. That’s amazing! Be well, Ash. 👍
This vid hits home. I grew up in the eighties and smelled many of these fragrances. Such nostalgia. Obsession is my favorite fragrance of the entire lot.
Oh. And I was expecting to see Sung Homme on this list. Well! Maybe next time. 🤷🏾♂️
Wow no "Eternity" that was a fresh citrusy vibe.
I don't think that was 1980's though. Same for CK One: it coincided with the androgynous 'grunge' scent that the big corporations locked into and sold back to us in a variety of forms.
@@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293 Eternity for women came out in 1988 I believe and for men the following year in 89
I remember my friends wearing Tuscany Per Uomo by Aramis . I enjoyed that too.
Didnt mention a late 80s banger that probaly moistened more hairy muffs than all.... Yves saint Laurent "Jazz"
I like the Drakkar Noir but i love my Bijan. I tried Joop and like you i can't get with it on me but my friend at work rocks that shy't and I'm impressed with it, makes no sense but maybe i gotta wait longer for the dry down. I also have Zino and its thick'n classy
1. Christian Dior Fahrenheit
2. Hugo Boss Number One
3. Giorgio Armani Eau Pour Homme
4. Cartier Santos
5. Guy Laroche Drakkar Noir
6. Calvin Klein Obsession For Men
7. Givenchy Xeryus
8. YSL Kouros
9. Versace L'Homme
10. Hermes Bel Ami
Those last 3 are quite animalic aren't they?
I'd love to smell Drakkar Noir someday!!!
You probably already have and don’t know it.
I find that impossible
Fahrenheit and azzaro chrome! my wife's favorite on me since we first met when we were both 18 , 11 years ago.
My dad who is an average blue collar guy and isn’t a fragrance guy swears by Drakkar Noir. I had him smell some other 80s scents (Joop, Fahrenheit, Canoe) but he still says Drakkar is king. It shows that if you love a certain scent there might be nothing to change you mind especially if you wore them in the 80s.
Try it! It Works!
Kouros was my first sig.scent in 80's
Love it ! Joop deffo worked hahaha
I bought a bottle of Fahrenheit yesterday and I end up loving it
That's a really interesting point you brought up about having to cut through cigarette smoke, I hadn't even considered that!
BTW Kouros is an absolute masterpiece, it got me into fragrances & changed my whole perception of what I thought fragrances were about, it wasn't just about smelling nice it was also a statement, you could convey how you wanted people to perceive you without saying a word.
Long live King Kouros!
Women who are not familiar with fragrance will give you complements wearing one of these.
Coolwater is still cool till today. Did you do a review on fragrance of the 90s?
Excellent video thank you! IMO the 80s was the golden era for masculine men's fragrances. Joop! though technically released in the 80s, definitely is not an 80s fragrance. All the others you mentioned are awesome, though some so diluted (Antaeus, Kouros, Cool Water etc.) that the vintage is an almost completely different and definitely much better fragrance than the current versions.
Nice, how about a '90s and 2000s vid?
Kept a giant bottle of Drakkar in my car as a teen. Loved it. I may have to go get some.
Brut , Pierre Cardin, Paul Sebastian were my go to bottles as a kid in the early 80's didn't smell Polo or Drakkar until after 85.
i love Obsession for Men by CK, however my favourite 80's fragrance that barely anyone talks about is Bijan for Men 1987 with the classic doughnut shape bottle.
HALSTON 101 , Bijan , Armani Eau Pour Homme ..., to name a few
Drakkar noir is my go to fragrance when out playing poker on irish pubs 👌
I'm 43 and I remember escape, eternity, hugo boss the canteen bottle style. My cousin overdosed on Drakkar lol.
I remember my uncle buying me Realm "to get the girls" since it allegedly had pheromones in it
Azzaro Pour Homme should be on this list!
Great video and I enjoyed it and I'm a really big fan of old school fragrances and have a blessed day
Ordering some CC obsession , to test , it’s super cheap so nothing to loose here 😇
I still remember smelling Drakkar Noir when I was a teen and of course the inspired by NEW YORK NIGHTS LOL
I'm an aging 80's kid. I've been trying a lot of samples of fragrances by all the popular houses the last few months, trying to break out of my 35 year routine. Everything smells like fruit salad these days, so I guess I'm going to go back to Obsession 😂
Where’s Quorum? Still a banger after all these years
STETSON cologne is an honorable mention !
As someone who graduated in 85 and was a bartender in a busy night club, it's absolutely CRIMINAL that Polo isn't mentioned. It was THE masculine fragrance of the Era.
Bars and shopping malls were plume after plume of this luxurious powerhouse. It was instantly recognizable.
I agree with Drakkar, Obsession, Coolwater, and Kouros needing their place on this list.
There's also the glaring omission of Aramis, Halston Z14, Quorum, and Paco Rabanne PH.
I lived it. I can understand leaving out the last 4 I mentioned, but NOT Polo.
This was such a fun trip through memory lane for me! It reminded me of my teenage years and several of my male friends wearing Kouros and Drakkar Noir. Also Amando Noir, very popular at the time but which I can’t find on fragrantica.
Obsession has been reformulated to death. Worse than DH. It smells SO different than it did 10 years ago.
Outside of Fahrenheit all the 80’s classics are that way in my opinion. Fahrenheit has changed but is still excellent.
Lol, I wore most of those ( especially Drakkar when I joined the Navy). In 1988 I bought Fahrenheit and Cool Water and Joop! in '89. I have been a fragrance guy since I first wore Grey Flannel, Lagerfeld, Paco Rabanne, and Polo green in the 70's. A couple of other 80's colognes I wore a whole lot were Giorgio Beverly Hills Men and Lapidus Pour Homme, Estee Lauder for men, Bijan, Ceasars man and Aramis by Aramis. Thank for bringing back wonderful memories Sir!
You forgot English leather Lagerfeld and polo