Abercrombie & Fitch Woods
by Abercrombie & Fitch

I do like the smell of A&F Woods, although it's not my favorite. I have the old version that I've had since 1998. After getting this at age 18 my girlfriend at the time absolutely loved it. I guess it's pretty good, she is now my wife of 8 years. I didn't wear woods for years until recently I wore it a few times and she still says it's her favorite of all the frags I have.

15th January, 2012.

The rereleased version of this differs from the original. The new one has a much more prominent blast of lavender than the original, and lacks the pineyness. Other than that, it's pretty close. The old one, if you can find it, is really nice and well done. Great fall scent, reminds me of walking through leaves on the ground. Very spicy, with some woods and pine that add up to a very masculine scent. If only A&F weren't cheap bastards and made this at least an EdT.

4th August, 2011.

Drakkar Noir......heh, sorta.

Abercrombie & Fitch Woods is less about woods and more about lavender. A clean, rugged lavender note gives it a bit of a "soapy" smell. A real "meat and potatoes man" fragrance, this has the most balls out of all the Abercrombie fragrances. The lavender note is soon joined by a detectable but not intrusive note of cumin; my least favorite fragrance note. The cumin disappears, the lavender stays, and some ACTUAL woods and spices join in for the base.

My brother has worn Woods since it came out in the late 90's, I remember it being discontinued, and now it's back. For the price, it projects well, but the longevity is just average. Why is Woods only an Eau de Cologne?

Maybe Abercrombie & Fitch could make an Eau de Parfum concentration of their best men's fragrance?

27th December, 2010. (Last Edited: 19th January, 2011.)

To put it bluntly? It smells just like the reformulated (read: less offensive) version of Drakkar Noir, but with a thin veil of soap concealing its inner dirtiness.

Buy this if you like the original DN, but think the new version is too light.

24th December, 2010.

One of my favorite colognes. I bought it way back in the 90's and it became my daily sent for years then I put it back on the shelf. I've tended to wear it during the winter months around the holidays. I recently saw that A&F brought it back in a newer bottle. I haven't checked it out in person but I'm happy if they did.

18th November, 2010.

As Odysseusm said, this is not the woodiest log in the pile. In fact, any wood note in Woods has got to be synthetic; my nose doesn't detect any real wood. Although people mention citrus, I don't smell any significant real citrus. It's possible that any citrus smell is totally synthetic too. What my nose smells is a somewhat fresh scent apparently composed almost totally of synthetic components. Woods is also soapy, but the soapiness is not the more common floral-based soap, it too seems synthetic. My verdict on Woods is: Meh This is an OK fragrance, but certainly nothing to rave about. That it seems composed entirely of synthetic aromachemicals is fine with me, but may not be satisfactory to some. Woods is fairly strong, projects well, and is moderately long lasting. Test before buying.

30th October, 2010.