DRAKKAR NOIR | LEGENDARY MASCULINE FRAGRANCE OF THE 80's & 90's

[@investigatorreports4311]

Drakkar Noir is the absolute balls 💈🧼 💪

[@joec4264]

I actually had this on in 87 at my wedding. My wife still loves it and I still use it today.

[@TheChapsGuide]

It is a true classic. And spicy too!

[@diogeneslantern18]

It can easily fit into the modern era. It is the precursor to modern day 'blue' scents aka fresh out the shower. However, it has an old school edge that modern fragrances sorely lack. Timeless and still punches above its weight.

[@jasonguzman564]

My first cologne. thank you, Dad 😢

[@TeddyFreddy94]

It’s so strong because it had to cut through all the cigarette smoke

[@davidvitale9338]

😂 no kidding!!

[@Paul-fq9pj]

And had to fight through the Kouros and the Jazz haze

[@investigatorreports4311]

Drakkar Noir is undeniably the absolute balls 💈🧼💪😎

[@datacipher]

The number of people who repeat this line - as though they thought of it! 😂😂😂😂

[@kuallalumpur5417]

@TeddyFreddy94 And the cocaine dust.

[@baybarshan2500]

This one and green BRUT are my absolute favorites !

[@bakulubaka8661]

Still is my favorite.

[@PREPFORIT]

Even back then I did not want to wear what everyone else was wearing including fragrances. However, upon hearing multiple girls talking about how much they loved it I did buy a bottle. Good review again.

[@audgusto]

I love this fragrance. I enjoy fragrances from the 80s and 70s that are still made today.

[@Rob12ser]

I just got it, haven't had any experience with the older versions but I just love mine. It smells like I had a clean shave. It performs well on my skin too, so I've had no problems with longevity whatsoever.

[@TheChapsGuide]

I really is a great fragrance - a winner in my collection.

[@investigatorreports4311]

Well your extremely fortunate on the longevity part. It doesn't last worth a flip on me.

[@RenkTV7]

I'm in my 20's and got Drakkar noir eau de toilette and aprés rasage from my grandfather last year. I really love it.

[@SurielRamzal]

Drakkar Noir was my first signature scent when I was in middle school 1986 it has a great performance, good memories with that fragrance. Also Kouros was one of my favorites, in the early 90’s I switched to cool water.

[@eriksturdevant8589]

If you're not bathing in a vat of Drakkar, you were never a teenager in the '80's. Now, where did I put my gold chain?

[@PeteCrutchfield]

My first cologne. I couldn't afford Polo Green so this was the one. I kinda miss it. Maybe I'll add this to my collection.

[@MrZZooh]

This is like a king of memes nowadays. It's very familiar to me but my classmates wore Fahrenheit and Aramis and YSL Opium back in the 90s. Great review again.

[@eleganciaclasemasculinidad7042]

I really appreciate your style, precision and fine analysis.

[@glennkirchens7970]

Drakkar review and a Dr. Who reference? You got a sub, thank you.

[@finger351]

I bought a bottle of this last week and it's the 80's in a bottle. Seems to last for a good length of time but that might be because my nose is so close to my neck but it's a very pleasant scent and as far as the retro part, that's fine with me because i liked that era.

[@Coyote27981]

My father used this in the 80s and 90s, i always liked it. I bought it recently ... and its way too weak. It lasts 2-3hs. It still smells great, specially in the end but you need to stick your nose really close to feel it. Now Drakkar Intense EDP ... thats a different story. Not as powerful opening, but lasts twice as much.

[@pkingduckify]

a fine critique. DN has stood the test of time. I apply it liberally and find myself fighting off birds w a stick. Highly recommended.

[@williammack9512]

While in college, in international marketing class, we did a case study involving pheromone based colognes. I started using one called Andron and immediately got the attention of a very beautiful girl. We dated several months before she gave me a bottle of Polo, saying it was her all time favorite. With in a week or so she dropped me. Was it due to the change from pheromone overtones? Who knows, but were i still single i would go only for the alluring colognes (cheating maybe ). P.S. I still have a bottle of 007, circa 1966. Please don't tell anyone.

[@barnieowl3190]

“Reeking of Drakkar Noir “, ha ha I love it!

[@michaeldesouza4911]

Another great video Ash, the sticky carpet comment made me laugh, ah those were the days lol. My fragrance in the 80’s was Insignia !

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

This has been my go to for years at this point. An absolute classic

[@SilverWatcher.]

Born 1986 when I was 15 I saved for my 1st bottle. I'm 35 I still use 1 spray a day. 😇

[@neilziesing7761]

Spot on Ash! I discovered this scent in the pages of GQ and Esquire asa young soldier in the US Army back in 1984. I still wear it to this day,….on occasion and sparingly…haha!

[@SlickD217]

I’m 36 and this is my current every day favorite..

[@wayne2150]

Drakkar Noir is a Classic beast among men's fragrances!! A staple on my shelf since the 80's! I don't wear it as much as I used to; but that's because I have a lot of different fragrances on my shelf that I rotate religiously.

[@TheChapsGuide]

It has its place, it is still a classic

[@wayne2150]

@@TheChapsGuide No doubt. Its still a big compliment getter.

[@saulgoo2334]

I love your format so much! It’s so different and refreshing. Having green natural backgrounds looks absolutely brilliant. Keep up the great work!

[@TheChapsGuide]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@ryanpatrickdillon8044]

Enjoyed the outro music 👍🏼 I have to agree. The moment (back then) you heard a girl you liked talking about how much they loved the smell... you were less than 24 hrs from being the proud and hopeful owner of your very own bottle!

[@TheChapsGuide]

I wear it purely for nostalgia these days - but the memories are great!!

[@mariz9084]

It's one of my favourite fragrances, the only downside being that it doesn't last too long, I'm afraid, especially compared to Lagerfeld Classic etc.

[@hremaddox]

Unpopular opinion but I LOVE this fragrance. It reminds me of my first love and first everything...

[@TheChapsGuide]

Its a liquid time machine in many respects!!

[@PepeDeezNutz]

I bet it does

[@musamba101]

I was born the year you were born. And Drakkar Noir was the first cologne I remember using. After 40 years of non use, I am returning to it for nostalgias' sake!

[@TheChapsGuide]

Good to hear it sir - be prepared for the consequences. I recommend some quality running shoes, so that you can easily outpace the ladies that will be chasing you!

[@gx12]

If you like this I’d suggest trying Homme by Alfred Sung, or CaD by Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements.

[@chriscoward9029]

I think this is a great fragrance. Fresh, pleasant fo smell and works all day

[@Lawful_Rebel]

I also love Drakkar Noir, or I did, it isn't anywhere near as potent as it was. To me it lacks logevity now, which is really disappointing, but at that price we don't mind "over-spraying". I still love it.

[@brianbritton3175]

This is still my wife’s favorite scent. If we have a date night it’s just expected that I wear this. Even though I have some of todays most popular fragrances. 😂

[@Mr500RWHP]

For the price it is a must have

[@ibobby08]

I've been using it for a long time now. One of the main reasons I've stuck with it so long is that it's easy on my allergies.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Just ordered it for my brother's 23d birthday 🎂🎉 🥳

[@DavidCrites07]

I’m 33 and I wear Drakkar Noir and Paco Rabanne Pour Homme as two of my signature scents. I prefer classic fragrances to the more modern colognes that are on the market today.

[@yhakult]

How long does the drakkar last?

[@investigatorreports4311]

@@yhakult Doesn't last even 20 mins. Very weak.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thank You for the Video 😀

[@TheChapsGuide]

You're welcome 😊

[@salemslotandmore8278]

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[@wicked-witch-of-the-west]

Just spotted the pipe. Nice prop!

[@alanrashid4309]

Stephanie Seymour ❤️

[@skywerk548]

Drakkar Noir and Cacharel Pour Homme where my go to :)

[@IsaacSalgado]

How about trying Jazz by ysl. I remember that black and white bottle!

[@TheChapsGuide]

Ah... I vividly remember Jazz, one of my favourites. Sadly it has since been discontinued, another 80s/90s great gone to the great cologne heaven. Worth watching the commercial just for kicks though: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onTIo4d8lL6Ye68

[@IsaacSalgado]

@@TheChapsGuide thank you for the commercial. Sad that it's gone.

[@999triple4]

Love this fragrance

[@nikmansol]

Ordered it today love your style just subscribed

[@TheChapsGuide]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@space.cowboyyyyy]

DRAKKAR! 👑

[@NyangoStarAmerica]

I want you to do a review of what I consider to be the greatest men's fragrance ever made, Cartier Declaration. If you don't have this in your collection, we need to fix this.😮

[@JohnSolitude]

Ah... nostalgia, indeed. Thanks for this flashback, made me want to wear Drakkar Noir again. A suggestion for a future video on another classic from the 70s (I think)... BRUT by Faberge. Currently, it's available as aftershave but also as eau de toilette and eau de cologne. Any thoughts on the new formulations, especially the eau de toilette and eau de cologne. How does it compare with the Faberge version? Would love to see your take on this and most importantly is it still worth buying in this era? Thanks, lovely informative channel.

[@TheChapsGuide]

Brut is on my list - many thanks

[@verykeen2please]

OMG a journey back in time to my youth

[@samswatches2277]

I absolutely love these vids ! awesome as usual ^^ You should check out Salvador Dali Pour homme ( a tad more expensive but absolutely awesome and the bottle's extremely original with the mouth/lips ) and Roger&Gallet l'homme ( just perfect and not that expensive either ).

[@TheChapsGuide]

Thanks for the tip!

[@guitarplayer5611]

Excellent job!

[@bryanmaxwell7332]

This is how fantastic this fragrance is….When this came out in 82 I was a freshman in high school….We used to give a quick spray on various anatomical areas of our bodies then tell the female hotties in high school to guess where we sprayed it…it was so effective that some of our best girl friends said they had to go home and change due to extreme vaginal lubrication due to its scent and effect…Dudes…this fragrance ABSOLUTELY WORKS WONDERS…god bless, Bryan ( aga 56 )…🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@SimonTBam]

I have seen a 6.75 ounce bottle in Superdrug for 15 quid.

[@viclucyzia]

I was watching The Pink Panther again with Peter Sellers and David Niven and David Niven portraying Sir Charles Lytton is using Aqua di Selva. Are you perhaps familiar with it? If so. what do you think about it? I never saw it in the shops.

[@TheChapsGuide]

I recently finished a bottle I had been using for some time. It is a classical and mild fragrance, which is clean and gentlemanly. Cheap too.

[@TheChapsGuide]

I recently finished a bottle I had been using for some time. It is a classical and mild fragrance, which is clean and gentlemanly. Cheap too.

[@mrgt3201]

I remember when Lynx Oriental was launched. I remember thinking it smelled the same as Drakkar Noir.

[@muratsayin2617]

Drakkar Noir is the best.

[@DjSicEm]

Nautica voyage vs drakkar 🤔

[@muratsayin2617]

@@DjSicEm Nautica is more for summer but drakkar is all year around.

[@DjSicEm]

@@muratsayin2617 marketed towards summer. Voyage is good in the winter. Drakkar smells like a 90 year old in the summer

[@muratsayin2617]

@@DjSicEm I like both.😉

[@dthys]

Nice Drakkar Noir fragrance review! 👋😀👍

[@tomabbott9653]

I love Drakkar, and I currently use the body-spray. It’s less expensive, and to me it has the same effect. By the way, I love the pipe. I think it would be interesting to see a video from you on pipes. I’m a new subscriber, maybe you’ve already done a video on this, I’ll search.

[@Lawful_Rebel]

Drakkar Body spray? Good to know that exists, and hope it's available in ol' Blighty.

[@MrZZooh]

Can you please review YSL Opium Pour Homme. It's still around and I got 4 bottles of it just in case. It's my signature scent. I would appreciate that.

[@TheChapsGuide]

I’ll look it up. Thanks for the tip

[@MrZZooh]

@@TheChapsGuide thanks. It came out in 1995 and has a very unique and distinct smell. It's a little powdery while giving this spicy, subtle cinnamon apple pie/champagne scent. There is really nothing like it these days.

[@royallstar]

I got it today and tried it for the first time. The opening notes are great but unfortunately they fade away within 20 seconds and then i get a soapy and sour smell. Can anybody tell which note could be the sour one?

[@lastwhtknight3002]

I wore this in the early 90s in my early 30s... And boy did I win over the ladies. Gonna go get it now per this outstanding vid.

[@km-yx8vl]

What a great review of a great cologne...! The current formulation of "Drakkar Noir" is pretty weak and smells also a little bit different than the older versions. But there's a trick you can do: Get the Al Rehab "Dakar" perfume oil, apply it to your skin and then spray a few layers of the original Drakkar Noir over it. The result is fantastic! Almost a perfect copy to the vintage version. Just the very final drydown is a little bit different, but the rest is at least for my nose almost identical.

[@bruhistantv9806]

Note that it apparently had a slight reformulation in 2020 I think, or 2021, which kicked it up a notch, more similar to the OG some say

[@km-yx8vl]

@@bruhistantv9806 Ok, good to know, thanks! 🤝

[@Steve-qs9eq]

A comparison of Cool Water vs Green Irish Tweed would be interesting

[@TheChapsGuide]

Definitely on the cards for the future.

[@alamore5084]

Cool Water review would be great. It smells amazing and is quite contemporary. Women love it!

[@skylongskylong1982]

I was a given a Drakkar Noir jacket, when they were involved in power boat competitions in the nineties at RAF Mildenhall when I was in the Royal Air Force Reserve. I thought they no longer existed, as I used to stock up at Duty Free Airports , but had not seen it for over a decade Personally I think the character Jason Love by James Leasor( film where the spy’s are) would use it.

[@TheChapsGuide]

Thanks for sharing your Drakkar memories - its majestic stuff.

[@thenicklas615]

I can remember back in the mid 1980's when all the bennys from New York would invade south Jersey and Seaside Heights and permeate the boardwalk with this fragrence. It's a good cologne nonetheless.

[@kayumochi]

The 1980s cured me of any thought of wanting to wear cologne, particularly Drakkar Noir.

[@user-KRS77]

I❤DRAKKAR NOIR

[@streetsofsouthphilly]

This was my signature cologne from the late 80s through the early 2000s. I'm definitely too old for it now. I think me and you are almost exactly the same age. On a sidenote, you use the phrase "down the bar" which I believe is a Welsh colloquialism. Stateside when Philadelphians go visit the beaches in New Jersey we go "down the Shore" , which may be a linguistic holdover from early Welsh immigrants. The Philadelphia region is full of Welsh place names, including the town I live in now.

[@JesusChrist5000]

How many sprays must you apply to have decent projection and longevity?

[@TheChapsGuide]

I personally like about 4.

[@viclucyzia]

I stick with Aramis for cooler months. But I was a great Miami Vice fan and did everything to copy Sunny and Ricardo. And believe it or not I still have a Miami vice white striped suit that is in its style outdated but I still keep it. The days... Ash, now you made us all feel old ! BTW what's with that pipe ? You don't smoke do you?

[@TheChapsGuide]

Purely a prop for the videos - adds ambience!

[@viclucyzia]

@@TheChapsGuide Good idea. I have some ideas too : a hat, a pack of playing cards, a bottle of Glenfiddich...

[@sonnycrockett6527]

I miss Nino Cerruti for men

[@oceansoflorewi]

Guy Laroche had over 40 years to do what sauvage elixir did w the drakkar dna. A sweeter parfumy drakkar noir. Dior cant say they didnt give them first dibs to do it lol.

[@diogeneslantern18]

Drakkar has that unmistakable fresh out the shower 'blue' DNA that permeates the modern men's fragrance zeitgeist. Although Drakkar has an old school edge that the moderns seem to sorely lack. Timeless and still punches above its weight.

[@audgusto]

You should review Calvin Klein’s Obsession for men.

[@kamelthorn]

Would be nice to see a review of Eight & Bob, as worn by JFK.

[@TheChapsGuide]

I'll keep that one in mind - thanks for the tip

[@stereomike75]

Insert family Guy episode here lol. Btw I picked up a bottle of Quorum Silver following your advice, thank you, it's absolutely fantastic stuff! and only for £11, what a steal, it compares favourably with scents 4x the price.

[@TheChapsGuide]

Glad you enjoy it. I'm wearing it myself today and it always pleases me.

[@sillysausage2244]

The modern formulation smells exactly like shaving foam - that's not a criticism, though.

[@stuartgeorge2324]

Sotd channel platinum egoiste 👌

[@terrydrums]

An aromatic what??

[@TheChapsGuide]

Fougere - more info here: www.fragrantica.com/groups/aromatic+fougere.html

[@dineshjiawan]

Sir, the perfume can damage the seal of the crown of your watch.

[@PREPFORIT]

Glad you enjoyed his review.🙄

[@Alex-Narr]

To buy Drakkar Noir today, is the equivalent to buy tickets to see the 2021 Guns & Roses. If you know what I mean. Ralph Lauren Polo Green bottle is way better suit for you, my friend.

[@waynegarcia1199]

25 dollars in TK MAXX in the us

[@Alex-Narr]

@@waynegarcia1199 for US$25 you can buy Uomo (Moschino) or Man Intense EDT (Tous). Both are way better choises.

[@gorgeousgeorge3947]

That is not the Drakkar Noir of old. It is the same scent but nowhere near as strong. Still, a pleasant scent but I'm not convinced of the hyper-masculinity either. I would wear this after a swim or a workout. 7/10.

[@jonblablabla1014]

First! I was about to buy this recently but decided not to.

[@MegaFlorin111]

Modern era, snowflake era

[@swagobill]

I bet Ron Jeremy wore this by the gallons.

[@TheChapsGuide]

You are right - it has Ron Jeremy written all over it.

[@minigouda2024]

The new reformulated version has not much to do anymore with the "original" version. Poor performance.

[@oceansoflorewi]

Even though the dna is in no way dated - nowadays this would only be taken seriously as a refreshing gym scent. Too aromatic and herbal - no leather tobacco tonka ect. I can't see this being worn on dates nor clubs. Its not alluring either - just intoxicatingly fresh and earthy. It can be cheesy masculine if you wear it to the wrong place. You might get weird looks wearing this if you ARENT looking sporty wearing basketball shorts and a tank top. I wouldn't wear this in the winter- too fresh and not sweet enough. This would be perfect in spring day or night.

[@speckledjim5150]

Good insight man!

[@NMan40]

Perfect for the winter, to me.

[@diogeneslantern18]

That refreshing gym scent you speak of - aka showergel, is what _every_ modern day 'blue' scent tries to emulate. It's so generic and boring, but Drakkar still punches far above its weight and has an old school edge that makes it far more interesting than the modern juices

[@AldrichBickham]

Its still the same nothing has changed