Alain Delon / AD (1980)
by Alain Delon

Wonderful! It reminds me of Paco Rabanne for Men. I bought five bottles a couple of years ago and I am glad I did since it's now discontinued. A wonderful fragrance in a solid big square bottle! Long-lasting, too!

7th April, 2010.

It opens with very nice spices and citrus in a typical 80s style, and within minutes on my skin, starts to reveal the slightly-candied sweetness of aldehydes. The aromatic woods in the base instantly reminds me of Rochas Lui, while retaining a good dose of the citrus in the background, and the benzoin gives it a nice incense-y and slightly powdery texture. There is very mild tint of green bitterness from the moss near the end. How this is discontinued is beyond me. IMO, this could do very well in this day and age.

10th January, 2010.

I not sure about the sample I have… It doesn’t seem quite right and it’s even an official carded sample. The sample reminds me a lot of Yatagan, which I strongly dislike. It doesn’t remind me of 3rd Man or Santos, which are two of my favorites. Actually, my sample seems to be a sample gone horribly bad, but then, I think of my bottle of Yatagan as something gone horribly bad. I guess I need to find another source for a sample of this just to make sure… in the mean time I have to vote thumb’s down... That something in the top notes is just too annoying to me. It has a very good long, long lasting mossy / cedar drydown, though.

27th September, 2009.

Interesting green citrus opening that dries down into a powdery green vanilla. Smells a bit "old man" but that's just my perspective. It does smell good.

13rd December, 2008.

Another love at first sniff frag .
Super rich , complex & very masculine .
Nothing synthetic or cloying .
A little secret I will share to those lucky enough to venture this deep researching this sleeper .
This my friends came before Santos & Caron's 3rd Man , and these two others I believe were crafted , mixed & released with the same results in mind .
They both came close first Santos , which is like a brother but is a lot weaker hence the Concentree that followed .
Then 3rd Man which was released some 5 years after AD which I regard a twin but not identical .
If you like Cartiers & Carons offerings , try & get a sample of this sleeper !
***** 4 & half STARS *****
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.ps ... Is nothing like Yatagan as mentioned below .

18th August, 2008.

Remember using this one for a while in the eighties. It is very well done but after a while I got tired of it. I am far more impressed by Iquitos.
benb

12nd September, 2006.