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Reviews of Joop! Homme (1989)
by Joop!

  • Availability: In Production
  • Perfumer: Michel Almairac [Robertet]
  • Bottle Designer: Peter Schmidt
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77 reviews

STRONG. Do not go overboard with this one. It is pleasant with one spray. Definitely has a warming affect, and I recommend it for the colder months.
Don't hate, don't love it....its just Joop.
02 October 2008


6 reviews

Too strong and overpowering, very popular with late teens to twenties. Not a fragrance that I would purchase.

01 October 2008


3 reviews

Sweet and musty.
It's feminine.
I don't like it.
Burnt tires with candy thrown in.
24 September 2008


33 reviews

I have a friend who overdoes this vile liquid, and one time, I literally stopped at a drugstore for some Advil because I couldn't bear it any longer. Nasty, loud and vulgar. Suitable, perhaps, for a pimp on a budget.
21 September 2008


176 reviews

Well, if, and only if, you spray yourself with this one time, two at the absolute most, it is nice. Anymore than that and its pure torture to the point of death by noxious gas. HOWEVER, in small (miniscule is more like it) amounts this stuff actually reminds me of very sweet Nag Champa Incense, which I like alot. If worn as such, I find it very appealing.

A thumbs up when used in trace amounts. A thumbs down when overused. Neutral because of the danger involved!
18 September 2008


56 reviews

If there's any chance that you'd like to smell like a Dr. Pepper scented air freshener then look no further. The only smell I can clearly discern is cinnamon and that's only after the mighty Joop!!!!!! has had a chance to cool down. Wearing this will offend others, and more importantly, yourself.
25 August 2008


14 reviews

i think if there is no Jasmine and Honeysuckle it would be better ... its very strong and lasts for days!!!!! for me ... its not an option ....
07 August 2008


43 reviews

Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh.....I bought Joop and I dont know what to do with this bottle. I have used a lot, but ughhhhhhhhhhhh, I disliked very much. I cant give that bottle to a friend! I cant send it to the trash! What can I do with this fraud?
Horrible fragance with very long lasting. Dont buy this!
19 July 2008


101 reviews

Is this a default option for men? Come on, you can't use Christmas presents as an excuse for ever. Truly vile. Nuff said.


Kaern
11 July 2008


77 reviews

I have always had differences of feeling about Joop since I first smelled it years ago. It was attractive on so many people but so many people (you know who you are) wore so much of it and probably still do. Then when I tried it it didn't work on me to my dismay. although it was still a strong fragrance. When it smells great on someone it smells great on them and when it doesn't it doesn't I guess as with most anyone. If I could wear it I would but just can't but will give a thumbs up for those who can.
04 July 2008


17 reviews

BAD REPUTATION!

This is the story of Joop Homme.....

Once there was a very beautiful girl in the neighborhood, that you wanted to date. But when you saw her walking around with jerks (week after week, year after year) you decided not to ask her. WHY? Because walking around with those jerks ruined her reputation although she was so beautiful and had such potential.

Do u understand ???
01 July 2008


6 reviews

Joop!, my first "real" cologne. First smelled this one one a good buddy of mine about a decade ago, and was wondering what the sweet smell was. Needed to get a bottle immediately and I wore this thing out. Women love this one (at least, I've gotten plenty of attention while wearing this one), but at the same time I know that I don't like smelling it on other guys, so they probably feel the same way about me wearing it. I don't worry all that much about that, as I like it on myself. Joop! can flip on you though, and I think this is why it's such a controversial fragrance, and has gotten so many negative reviews here. I believe that most people find this scent to be pleasant enough WHEN it is applied in moderation, and by that I mean a light misting at most. Apply too much Joop! and this thing turns into a monster with sillage that'd take down a horse.

As I've gotten older my tastes have changed a bit, and I find myself wearing Joop! less and less often now. The truth is, it just seems that it's become a "special occasion" cologne for me now, those special occasions being when I feel like taking a trip down memory lane. Someone has said in a previous review that there are simply better scents out there, and although that is completely true, this one is getting my "thumbs up."
17 June 2008


55 reviews

There is something about this stinch I just cant grasp. Like many other reviewers have stated, It has alot of odd, wierd notes going on & it is really not pleasing to my nose. It smells of something Like a granddad would wear, but it also has alot os suprises. I cant wear it & I would suggest anyone who wants it to try it first & go home. Then the next day if your pleased then buy it.
17 June 2008


reviews

Ah...the classic Joop! I bought this reading some "fabulous" reviews online about it. That was a big mistake. The lasting power is amazing, which for this one is not a good thing. It is sooo flowery and sweet that it induces headaches. Also, it never really dries down to anything nice, it simply stays Super sweet (for hours). I couldn't even wash it off when I wanted to. Simple advice, try it before you buy it. It could be okay, but only for a Really adventurous person..or someone who is not looking for a date.
26 May 2008


2121 reviews

Love it or hate it, here's Joop! Homme. I hate it. Then I love it. Then I hate it. Makes me feel like the fragrance is inducing schizophrenia upon me. Medicinal. Then sweet. Potent. Bubble-gum. All kinds of weird and all kinds of boring but even interesting. Just a very odd scent. However I must rate on the downside due to the overwhelming overall syntheticness of it all.
26 May 2008


79 reviews

Joop Homme EDT has the best longevity of any scent I have ever owned. It has monster sillage which probably leads to a lot of the dislike for this scent - since I frequently smell it all over the place, though plainly it's a going out at night type scent to my nose.

If one wishes to have a more toned down version of this scent, pour some Joop Homme After Shave splash into an atomiser, and spray it on as you would the EDT. It has less sillage and dramatically less longevity - it only lasts about 15 hours - which is still is on par with many of the EDP strength scents out there. (For the record, Joop Homme After Shave Balm is the longest lasting scented balm I've ever come across).

I always have the sneaking suspicion that if this scent hadn't come out when it did, but instead came out now from a niche house, many of it's current detractors would be lauding it as fabulously rich and exotic scent akin to the Lutens' ones, or as a longer lasting reinterpretation of Creed's Original Santal.
Renato
17 May 2008


4 reviews

Err, this is rubbish! I wore Joop Jump for an evening out a while back and loved it, so decided to get myself some Joop, blind buy. Why I didn't just go for the one I already knew I liked, I do not know, but I've learned my lesson. This stuff is sickly sweet, almost nice but nauseatingly headstrong, and once you've put it on, you won't be able to get away - this stuff fills up rooms instantly and I've even been told off for wearing it! Do yourself and everybody else a favour, go for jump.
08 May 2008


17 reviews

Pronounced 'Yope!', this has been one of my favourites for the last 19 years! It is a classic fragrance for the daring and dead-sexy-masculine if you're adventurous, bold and unique.

Not for the faint-hearted, my dears!
13 April 2008


66 reviews

A great causal fragrance geared to the men who want to be noticed and to leave a calling card behind This fragrance demands risk! It's should be worn to a club or a rock concert and throw conservative out the window!
10 April 2008


1 reviews

Never, I mean never buy this one without trying it first. This was one of my first blind buys, and man was i disappointed. It smells like that thing u spray in the air in the toilet after you've been there. On top of that its ultra strong!
10 April 2008


29 reviews

I hate this fragrance. It opens up like an overly cheerful waitress in a lousy diner who decides that after she's said "hi" that she wants to marry you and never leave you.

I know that quite a few women like men wearing this, but I have never figured out why.

It has perhaps one redeeming quality - that it is not compulsory to buy it. I just don't like this at all.

There are just soooo many better fragrances out there...
09 April 2008


88 reviews

Absolutely dreadful!!! It's like smelling a entire candy store condensed in a bottle. Also very, very artificial. I really can't see a man wearing this fragrance.
11 January 2008


20 reviews

This is some pretty wild stuff, no doubt... But I definitely don't hate it. Is it incredibly potent? Yep... Ridiculously persistent? Oh yeah... Does it smell like some candy-colored cinnamon nightmare? Some would say yes... And is it great for the office? No. NO! Of all the scents on Basenotes, Joop! is probably LEAST suited to the daytime suit set... But after all that, still there is still something uniquely appealing about this perfume, and I say perfume because that is how I would treat Joop! on that one day of the year when I felt like wearing it. And in so doing I would be able to appreciate its many subtleties, and the fact that this is a very well engineered and dead-sexy scent when worn with discretion. I bought the 75ml bottle on a lark for $25 on sale, and I've never regretted it for a second.
09 January 2008


2 reviews


When it was first released , it was different and yes I did wear it ... until the bottle finished.
But that was over 10 years ago.
Joop screams of the 90's try hard sensitive new age men.

The only guys that wear it in Melbourne these days tend to be Turks that think it will endear them with the ladies.

Leave this stuff well alone.
27 December 2007


7 reviews

Of all the frags I have smelled, this is my least favorite by far. It's only positive aspect (in my mind) is it has excellent longevity. Of course that isn't a plus if you can't stand the smell, and I cannot stand the smell. It reminds me of an old bottle of cough syrup that's had Mrs. Dash poured into it and then sprayed on me. I do not like it.
27 December 2007


6 reviews

Clever how this pink juice is so blatantly powerful.
People who don't like it obviously overuse with application. Try it in small amounts and you will appreciate it for what it is.
A fragrance that makes a statement in small doses doesn't need to shout.
Wear it to be noticed, it'll work.
26 December 2007


2 reviews

I had a boyfriend at university who wore this, and I hated it even before he embarked on a mild, and thankfully shortlived, stalking campaign when we broke up.

Joop is cloying, viciously strong, and with that room-clearing plug-in air freshener quality that stays in the back of your throat long after the perpetrator has departed. Emetic.
12 December 2007


8 reviews

P-E-R-F-E-C-T


jean Paul had reminded me of a perfume and I was thinking.What? Then I foumd.Joop pour homme!


Has not just great longevity,but a uber-super lasting power.And its sillage is like hellfire!



Very quality scent.At first try,I honestly,did not like the smell,but after a few uses and conclusions,it is now my favorite.Great longevity on my pale skin and excellent smell.I love harsh fragrances.And this is the best.Completely the most quality perfume ı have ever had.


Ten thumbs up for this one.!
05 December 2007


17 reviews

Yep, it is long lasting, great sillage, it is also a warm fragrance.



Reminds me of being in a sauna with a ton of cotton candy and vanilla beans.. Incredibly cloying (Vanilla) and IMO smells like something an old woman trying to retain her feeling of youuth would wear. Smells like Vera Wang's Princess on crack.. Not my cup of tea.


-Jay
24 November 2007


327 reviews

Candy in a bottle. Showing it's age though. 2 spritz max, or bees will follow you. The bottle color is true to the scent, I def get a dark red color association.
23 November 2007


3 reviews

perfect for me! controversial, obscêno, powerful, lasting and at the same time candy and masculino!!sillage extremely brutal!
makes the type: "I arrived, well used business card" if values you in case that I oppose humiliates you cruelly, this is incomparavel and inigualavel love or odio! I love I feel myself well I raise my power!
19 November 2007


53 reviews

I will defend Joop because I used the mini that was with the set that my dad bought. It wore out one me now though, but, no one can deny that it is very distinctive even to this day. It reminds me of a visit at an exotic beach, don't know why, it's no where near an aquatic.
22 July 2007


30 reviews

freakin terribel. stay away
20 July 2007


188 reviews

Joop is a really strong fragrance! Loudy, very sweet and intrusive, reminded me of a floral grape smell found in some bubble gum I used to buy in my childhood...
As a fragrance, It's vulgar.
14 July 2007


23 reviews

Joop! can smell really nice.

A colleague of mine wore this one day and I really liked the smell, fresh, with notes of incense, like a nice razor cream.
I asked him what it was, expecting an old classic quality fragrance and then he mentioned Joop!.
What?, the fragrance many detest of being aggressively sweet and cloying?

The next day he wore it again and while I was working with him that day the smell began to irritate me, yes there's some nice freshness, but it has an odd sour note to the scent and not exactly a fresh citrus one, but rather a gourmandish sweet frozen-yoghurt note.

The top notes seem capable of covering it up for a good period, so when someone who's wearing Joop! walks by you it can smell nice, but staying in the same room for a longer time with that person the smell definitely can become intolerable.
After 10 minutes even the association with frozen yoghurt is gone, it then starts to smell like vomit, covered up by a strong and sweet perfume.

11 June 2007


29 reviews

I'm completely agree both with musky_monkey, Renaissance_Man and Ensoleille. I received my forst bottle as a gift the same year it is distributed. I was very excited when I received it, but unfortunately it is a very strong fragrance. The drydown is nice but till you get to the drydown, you are already dead. When I wear it on I feel myself like a huge walking & talking candyfloss. I have to admit that the girls were crazy about it and they would like to eat me just like they did a canyfloss, but eventhough it is like that Iafter a short while I couldn't stand to this sweet fragrance. Becaue of that strong scent I was loosing my appetite and did not feel like to eat and drink anymore, and it begun to gave a headache. But in the evening or the next day the drydown is very nice. I have a love-hate relation with this fragranc. Just 2 drops would be more than enough. I guess the only places you can use this fragrance are close to the poles, but please don't spray a lot of it; they are already melting.
02 June 2007


73 reviews

I can barely remember what the stuff smells like. The only thing i DO remember is how much both I, and my co-worker, HATED this fragrance. Packaging is awful, and the name sounds like a joke!
Thumbs cut off.
28 May 2007


61 reviews

if you like this scent get the creed santal its more complex and updated
should be worn in the winter.
28 May 2007


17 reviews

This scent is extremely harsh at first. After about 20 kinutes or so, it's HEAVENLY. And it lasts. Love love love it on my husband!
26 May 2007


16 reviews

If you survive the topnotes, then the drydown is fairly decent. The middle notes are very sweet and floral but they are not lasting long. The base (which have good longevity) combines a cardboard/sawdust note with vanilla and something that smells burnt; there is some sweetness, too. This may sound like a very weird combination but it actually works. When to wear this fragrance is an open question, though.
15 May 2007


8 reviews

I'm reviewing this after ~8 yrs. of owning it. I think I had that bottle of colgne for like 10 yrs so I guess that does say its not for everyday use.
As a fragrance it is a great and unique scent that is sweet and oriental. It seems to linger low--that is if you put on just a little.
But as for buying more today that is a negative. Yes, for one it became quite trendy. And it seems like its for a younger lad maybe because I was in high school when I first got it. I enjoyed it while I had it of course that is why I bought it. So thumbs up for actual scent + thumbs down for wearability = neutral.
03 May 2007


43 reviews

chemical warfare has been legalised........
18 April 2007


56 reviews

I don't know what it is about this scent that drives 14 year olds to swim in the stuff!
JOOP! is one of the few fragrances that I find totally unbearable... it is sweet, pungent, cloying, and absolutely suffocating. Despite this, it sells hand over fist to pimpled teens and adult men alike. I can't work this one out... perhaps just like Gaultier's 'Le Male', it entered the market at a time when there was great demand for male scents that branched away from the citrus/woody norm.
I've always referred to this fragrance as 'lolly-water' as it seems to remind me of the smell of a half-sucked jube. Steer well clear if you're looking for fine fragrance credability.
11 April 2007


37 reviews

Simply wonderful! This fragrance is very popular among the gay scene here in Brazil maybe due to the "candy" smell on it...

It was my last Joop! fragrance to buy, but, curiously, the first one I've ever smelt...

Not a day to day perfume, 'cause it's too potent for the weather here in Brazil, but definitely perfect for a dinner in a fancy restaurant...
17 March 2007


1 reviews

One more time again.. AS Basenotes says "..."PLEASE DON'T SPRAY YOURSELF IN HALF A BOTTLE OF IT BEFORE YOU GO OUT..." I agree to! This fragence is very exotic! I love joop! I've been using this fragrance from two years now and I can't stop using it. Very nice, cool!
16 March 2007


98 reviews

Too much musk and too many florals. It comes off very heavy and stale.
22 January 2007


2 reviews

As "basenotes" says..."PLEASE DON'T SPRAY YOURSELF IN HALF A BOTTLE OF IT BEFORE YOU GO OUT..." I TOTALLY AGREE. I absolutely love this fragrance! I have a friend who wears this constantly...BUT...he smells like he bathed in it! When I smelled it on him I was like wow. THIS COLOGNE IS VERY POTENT AND STRONG!! I wear this at school and this is where my friend goes too. Funny story he was in class and everyone knew he was there because he was wearing Joop and I wore the same one. I got 3 compliments from 3 of the girls there. They asked me..."Mmmm...what are you wearing..." and I told them "the same thing my friend is.." they couldn't believe it!! I knew this cologne was a keeper! So I bought it and I'm glad I did. Ive gotten compliments on this. I love the Cinnamon and Vanilla notes. I feel that makes the fragrance. But as with a lot of potent colognes, men overdo it by spraying too much. The cologne should compliment you not make people get a headache when they see you. So a little goes a long way. I usually spray 4 spritzes. 2 on the neck area and 2 on my head. THATS IT...no more than that. But I suggest you get this one!!
09 January 2007


96 reviews

Very sensual and simple.The girl will eat you, that's for sure:))).If u are a smoker , you must get this one(I don't smoke but i like it).
13 October 2006


84 reviews

Once had the misfortune of visiting someone who's brother had (it seemed) sprayed half a bottle on himself. The house was smothered in the fumes from this guy. It was my first real experience with this scent and I get flashbacks of it when I smell this one. This one just does not agree with me!
11 September 2006


319 reviews

Joop! looks like a funky fragrance. However, it smells funky too (and not in a good way).

The top notes are sweet - its probably the cinnamon taking over. The merging of the top and middle notes introduce a very sweet and synthetic accord which transforms to a strong gasoline note within a couple of minutes - I dont know what it is, but maybe its the combination of the cinnamon and honeysuckle notes. You can even smell it during the drydown, and it is quite ghastly! There are no hints of orange blossom, sandalwood or vanilla. The longevity is excellent. However, Joop! as a fragrance is a not.
03 September 2006


43 reviews

This is totally unique!!

There MUST be tobacco in this somewhere

Its very nice

BEWARE - mine went off after a year (the pink colour went pale too)

It was in a closed wardrobe with no light
30 August 2006


23 reviews

Joop! smells like sticky sweaty children who've been eating snowcones or cotton candy. It creates the desire to get a baby wipe and clean it off the person wearing it. Sorry... I am sure there are lots of people who like it, but it makes me sick.
09 August 2006


48 reviews

Wow! A great name, a glorious pink-purple colour, and an utterly intolerable smell!

Have you ever tasted "Thrills" gum? The gum that you buy from a machine because you want something sweet, and then as you crunch into it your face contorst in disgust at the bizarre medicinal artificiality of what your tongue is being assaulted with? YOu know, the one that tastes like a cross between Jagermeister and cough syrup?

Joop smells alot like liquid Thrills. It smells ok when it's in the bottle, if you like pink chemicals, but on the skin - first of all it's impossible to get rid of. If you ever really, really need a headache badly to get out of work, or school this is the scent for you.

Whatever's nice about it while in the bottle, evaporate on contact with the skin, and the result smells like the natural salt and sweat of the body at war with some toxic chemicals.

On the other hand, my seven year old daughter loves it, and so I gave it to her. I sometimes borrow it to spray inside my shoes.
30 July 2006


162 reviews

I dont really know what to think of this scent. When I first bought it I was very fond of it. These days I find it a bit cloying and not very masculine. Even a tad bit cheap smelling. At the same time I find it has something compelling about it. Personally I think Cristoball Balenciaga PH is a better alternative in the same category.
benb
28 July 2006


17 reviews

I love this fragrance! Very very very sexy. Not like all the other mens fragrances on the market which are either spicy and dry, watery & insipid (a la most CKs) or just way too Brut-esque. This one is slighltly sweet but very very earthy. The man who wears this is confident, sensual and rather mysterious. Instant sex appeal. I'm immediately drawn to any man who wears this. Could I rave anymore????
28 May 2006


9 reviews

One very sweet smell, i like it, weel usually i love strong fragrances ;)
24 May 2006


10 reviews

I actually had a girlfriend who wore the eau de parfum, and so i tried the PH version... It is strong allright, women notice it from distance, and I like it a lot...

10 May 2006


67 reviews

Oh boy.. Joop!.. what to say.. I smelled this fragrance on a test card primarily, and was quite intrigued by it's cough syrupy... cherry chiclet aroma.. Unfortunately when I actually spritzed in one my own skin I couldnt handle the smell that arose from the ordeal, and trust me..sweetness in fragrance isn't something I shy away from... It's just too much.. much too much
08 May 2006


5 reviews

Man oh man! This was, I feel one of the first 'more expensive' frags I ever purchased, a step up from the Blue Stratos and Brut 33 'd been wearing for years. It is extremely strong, easily overdone, at which point it becomes almost sickening. Only the lightest application is required as the cloying, heavy jasmine and honeysuckle will get right up your shcnozz! You have to be in just the right mood for this one, actually, so does everyone else! I still have a bottle of this from at least 5 years ago that is still 2/3 full I use it that infrequently.
05 May 2006


339 reviews

Extremely sweet, not a discreet and barely perceptible sweetness but a heavy touch of caramel. Not incidentally a pink bottle...pink like box of very synthetic and completely unilateral candy. Overdown sandalwood, extremely powdery and extremely strong in the bad sense of the word, like Amen or Lagerfeld classic, all of these reminding of very stuffy and very repulsively sweet sandalwood incense with a hint of extremely sugary, otherwise almost tasteless soft-drink with excessive artificial sweetener. Besides, in larger quanities, it becomes even more unbearable.
21 April 2006


48 reviews

This is some interesting juice right here. It strongly reminds me of Dior Poison (the original, not one of the countless remakes) for women. It's much lighter than Poison, sort of like the "top half" of it, if you will. This stuff is ultra potent- I couldn't even imagine what an EdP version would smell like. Most scents don't last long on me, but Joop! stays around forever. It's an interesting blend that's not suited to everyone's tastes, but I like it quite a bit.
06 April 2006


54 reviews

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I first got this one. I was so ust to frags like CKone and all those softer frags from the 90's that I put it on like I would put CKone on 3 or 4 good sparys....man I stunk and in my cologne induced haze I blamed the joop I thought it smelled horrible!!!! but I recently tried it again and applied one little spray...way better still very powerful and long lasting but not offensive. I think the reason a lot of people don't like it is because they either used to much or smelled it on someone who did but used correctly its a very nice smell. It really does smell like candy to me gut for some reason I also smell a bit of a tobacco in it even tho theres no tobacco notes in it.
26 March 2006


95 reviews

This stuff is pungent and assaults the olfactory senses head-on. I must say this is by far the worst I have smelled. It is strong, overpowering, piercing and not masculine; very overwhelming and not recommended for close encounters or day wear. Its smell closely resembles a car odor on Saturday morning after a night where two of your friends vomited, and you tried to cover up the smell with cheap air freshener. This is the most invasive, disgraceful and persistent scent I have smelled... awfull!.
17 March 2006


31 reviews

Ever since JH was launched I have flirted with it, fought with it, loved it, hated it...I don't know what to do with this scent. It's definitely masculine and I still don't dare wear it. Still, there's someting indescribable in it that's enthralling to me. The beautiful presentation and the color fit the spice and the warm notes. I understand why it's one of the most controversial scents ever. Need not say anything about sillage and longevity. This has to be the benchmark for everything else.
28 February 2006


18 reviews

I like sweet colognes, but this one is way too sweet and way too feminine. Plus its OLD SCHOOL. I'd be embarrased to wear this today. Sort of like how I feel about Drakkar. Embarrasing to wear.
27 January 2006


9 reviews

Joop! Homme, to me, is one of those Wow! fragrances. Wow, because I say to myself, Wow!, why don't more people like this cologne?. And Wow!, how did someone ever come up with this concoction?
I first smelled Joop! around 2002. It took me 2-3 smells before I caught on. But when I caught on, I became more addicted to this cologne than I had for any cologne before it! I couldn't get enough of it and I wore it practically everywhere. Many compliments from wearing it. But this bottle wasn't mine.
After getting more serious about cologne, and 3+ years, I came back to my past favorite, Joop!. I ended up getting a 2.5 oz. bottle for around $35. Not bad I guess.
The funny part is, I have yet to wear it again. It's like, I like the cologne so much, I dont want to wear it. I just want it to stay on my dresser forever or something, I dont know.
In about a month, when school starts, I will start wearing it again. I just can't get enough of it.
A warning though (as has been said over and again)go easy with Joop!. I honestly only used like 1 spray. 2 at the most. This is the only cologne that I have never sprayed directly on my neck. I spray it on my palms then apply.
17 January 2006


155 reviews

I don't know whether to classify this as an oriental or gourmand. It starts out smelling like fruit punch concentrate and then later develops into a powdery cotton-candy note. This is well known for being quite potent. I gave my bottle to my friend because I hardly wear it anymore. Now I can tell when he has been in a room because the scent lingers for decades. It's not a bad scent. It's like a more forceful version of Magnetism.
30 December 2005


11 reviews

I was once trapped in a car with one of my Greek mates who enjoyed the top notes of Joop!
To satisfy this craving he would respray every 30 minutes.
It's been over 5 years since that fateful night and I have not recovered.
It is my opinion that application of Joop! should require a license.
29 December 2005


213 reviews

The last of the powerhouse 80's scents, this was my scent of choice to go clubbing. Shocked to find out there was a jasmine note, but why ever not should this frag be pink? This started my fascination with German designers and the breakdown of conventions.
20 November 2005


58 reviews

I don't get whats so good about this?. that every guy in the UK wears this, just plain stinks!
11 November 2005


2222 reviews

I had heard so many jeers and sneers at Joop! that I automatically dismissed it. Then I found a sample in a shipment of fragrances and, on a do-nothing day, I decided to try this one out for a good laugh. Well, the laugh was on me. This fragrance merits consideration. The opening blast is strong and obnoxious but it quickly settles down to a fresh top note of bergamot and cinnamon that is surprisingly likeable. From there Joop! develops to a rich, warm, sweet yet very masculine center—a powerful, linear balance of florals, sandalwood, patchouli, tonka and amber. This stage is tenacious, in fact, I don’t think it develops another stage.
It lasts almost forever. It is an excessively sweet fragrance, and I usually don’t care for sweet but in this case, I find its warmth and depth tricks me into ignoring that characteristic. Of course, I wear this only in the winter and I would never spray this scent—it is so strong it should only be misted.
28 October 2005


1 reviews

when joop! was introduced it was unique and daring - unlike anything out there. i've since outgrown it, but it's still good. plus, girls (18-23) dig it. just don't use too much... really. take it easy with this one. seriously.
24 October 2005


3 reviews

If you're a kind o of "I don't give a ph*k" person, this one is for you. It is outrageously strong and twists your nose in a way you would never expect (of course if you're one of dozen people in the world who haven't smelled it yet) Besides it's a classic and the pink juice looks nice on the shelf. Go for it :)
21 October 2005


10 reviews

I loved this many years ago, when I was young and apparently stupid. Under some weird influence, I tried it again recently, and had to drive around with the windows open for most of the afternoon, until I could get home and shower it off.
17 October 2005


6 reviews

Joop is ok i dont personally like it but there are alot of fakes going around at the moment if you didnt know what it smells like you wont know packaging is identical
11 October 2005


4 reviews

One of my all time favourites and seems to last forever! Not really suitable for a serious office meeting or a funeral... or summer for that matter! Ive really found this fragrance to be a love it of hate it affair, and i love it.
10 October 2005


3 reviews

One of the most original scents out there. I definitely like it!
06 October 2005


254 reviews

Awful fragrance. I remember when I first joined basenotes, I noticed all the talk about Joop!. I finally had to ask “What is Joop!?” Joop! Is a grossly cloying and sweet. When I smell Joop, I get that feeling in my stomach like I just ate hundreds of pounds of Cotton Candy. It just makes me physically ill.
29 September 2005


8 reviews

This smells like 18 kinds of jungle ass. You wont like it unless you like smells that wait until your not looking, tap you on the shoulder and smack you in the face so hard that head almost comes off. I've heard that Joop in the proper proportion can cause brain damage.
26 September 2005