Chaz (1975)
by Revlon

This is a totally dull, yawn-inducing 1970s-styled aromatic spicy scent (i.e., citrus on top of spicy wood notes and patchouli) with ZERO projection. I don't have the original Revlon version, but I can't believe that this has been reformulated all that drastically from the Revlon, because this still smells like a total 70's fragrance. When you can smell it.

A perfect scent for the guy who hates smelling fragrance, but loves the concept of wearing it. I hate this scent.

MY RATING: 3/10

30th September, 2010. (Last Edited: 6th October, 2010.)

The current rendition of this by Jean Philippe/LMD is junk. No sillage, no longevity and hardly any scent, period. Lasts for about 6 minutes in a very muted orange (think of an even lighter, weaker 4711), then vanishes. Don't be hoodwinked by the bargain price; spend your cash on Canoe or Old Spice if you have less than a sawbuck to sacrifice.

24th August, 2010.

I have the vintage Revlon formulation. The opening is crude and "synthetic," which I've now learned to ignore with these older fragrances. Give it time, and it settles very nicely. Some have compare it to Zino, but I find Zino to be more complex and cruder. Zino also has a tobacco note that is missing here. Chaz seems to be a "woody/amber," but it's smoother than others with this kind of base. I'd describe it as a creamy woody/amber. Other than that, I'd guess there is some leather or suede, patchouli, spice, and perhaps an herbal element. It is not musky, and the wood note is much less powerful and wearable than the modern cedar notes so common in recent "men's" fragrances. I was surprised at how mellow this is, in fact, though I would advise against smelling it up close on the skin. It's one of those fragrances that needs to mix with air before it gets to you nose. Longevity is at least very good and projection/"sillage" is good. I don't spray much so it might have much stronger sillage is you spray 4 or 5 times per wearing. I don't find this too "old school" for those not used to such fragrances, but only spray once on your first wearing!

20th July, 2010.

I found an old bottle of this stuff in my friend's father's medicine cabinet. I asked the father if I could use it and was told, "sure take it, I can't wear cologne anymore. I don't even know how long that's been in there." So I took him on the offer. There was maybe only 5 or so mls left. It was still in the box and is definitely vintage stuff; most likely early 1980's era.

Chaz is (was?) a good cologne. Citrusy on top which lingers throught the fragrance's life and a warm but subtle oakmoss and patchouli base blossoms throughout the day. I'm really enjoying this. The juice itself is thick and a dark amber yellow. This doesn't always denote quality but more substance it seems and in this case it's just the way it is.

Do be sure to look for the Revlon stuff and not Jean Phillipe's Chaz.

13rd October, 2009.

It is impossible to be objective about this fragrance as it evokes memories of teenage dates and the incredible excitement that goes with that. The smell is fresh and confident with just enough of a woody background to put a 1970’s Magnum PI macho stamp on this wonderful concoction.

Originally manufactured by Revlon, Chaz is now made by Jean Philippe. It is very cheap and widely available on the net, so can easily be sampled by everyone who longs for that late seventies /early eighties flashback.

8th June, 2009.

It is said of the aged Duc de Fremeille's head footman, whose name was appropriately Charles, that he always wore the fragrance Chaz by Revlon, the supposed epitome of cheap and cheerful machismo. One day Monsieur le Duc inquired of him gruffly: "Charles, may I borrow your Chaz? I seem to have mislaid my Creeds and I have a reception to attend at the house of the Princesse de Palme."
Suitably soaked in Chaz, the elderly Duke tottered off to his reception. On his arrival, he was astonished to find himself surrounded by a bevy of aristocratic beauties, fluttering their eyelashes at him and uttering noises in unison like some fatuous, fawning choir - a veritable chorus of cooing and oohing, aahing and baaing.
On returning home, the Duke informed his footman: "Charles, although it is neither my wish nor my wont to make the cutecakes crumble, indeed, it would be positively unseemly for one of my advanced years to function as a babe magnet, nevertheless that is exactly what happened! And I believe I owe it all to Chaz!"
(Such the dream of Chaz... The dream meets the reality in a cheap orange-coloured thump of blunt brown vibrations, quite reminiscent of that great boar's pen among male fragrances: Marbert Man. It puts me implacably in mind not of Tom Selleck but of Tom Jones at his most sweating, most grunting and most gross, all thrusting hips and curly black pubic hair).

9th March, 2007.