Chaz (1975)
by Revlon

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.

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.

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).

Total 70's enigma. Does anyone remember what this smelled like? What I remember is Tom Selleck, pre-Magnum P.I. as the man from Chaz. That chest hair! That Speedo! That mustache! If the juice smelled anything like Eau de Tom it had to have been awesome! Does Tom realize it was because of this ad campaign that he was the unofficial poster-stud for the Gay Revolution? And did Revlon realize that Ralph Lauren stole their Chaz mojo with Chaps? (right down to the name...they must've settled out of court).

What a blast from the past! My mom received Chaz in a gift bag back in the 70's when she went to some party. I started wearing it because I thought it smelled nice, but I can't for the life of me remember what it actually smelled like. It's been a million years since then. Was it the male equivalent of Charlie? I wore that, too. I would love to be able to sample it somewhere, just for the memories it would evoke. I wish I knew Italian, so I could understand Mark's review. :-)

Profumo maschile lanciato nel '75 in Usa, ma in Italia e' arrivato solo nel 1983.
Ebbe uno scarso successo in'Italia, tuttavia lo ricordo abbastanza pubblicizzato nei settimanali.
La fragranza (che e' difficile da descrivere perche' piuttosto complessa) non mi fa' impazzire, tuttavia c'e' di peggio!
Ricordo anche l'after shave.
In Usa lo si trova ancora, in Italia non piu' e da molto tempo, ed inoltre e' stato dai piu' dimenticato, segno che non e' entrato nel cuore di noi uomini.