Lagerfeld Classic (1978)
by Lagerfeld

This smells liked boiled sweets. Cola cubes to be exact. Cola cubes, cola cubes, and more cola cubes. This one would certainly pass as a feminine fragrance too as to me it smells "pretty". I would be shocked if anyone found it offensive and thus would probably make a decent office fragrance. Not bad, but a bit toothless in my opinion.

This is quite possibly the most disgusting thing I have ever smelled on a man. The operative philosophy in its creation must have been that men can wear old-school, ladylike, powdery fragrances and seem quite effete and worldly by doing so. And since Lagerfeld himself is such a dandy supreme, I suspect that the powdery attitude of this fragrance was quite intentionally along feminine-fragrance lines. And that's certainly a noble enough motive --intriguing, really.
The problem is, it was so cheaply done, it was disastrous. Really, it is absurdly crappy-smelling -- like a designer impostor of some already junky women's scent, perhaps White Shoulders; it makes Vanderbilt and Raffinee seem positively austere, elegant, and crisp.

So, gentlemen, if you'd care to take a powdery jaunt down Dandy Lane, do yourselves a favor: pick up an old tried-and-true classic -- Vol de Nuit, L'Heure Bleue, Arpege, Le Dix, Chanel 5, Habit Rouge even ... Just steer clear of this one. I will thank you for it.

A musky, powdery oriental, with a huge emphasis on the powder. I don't like the orangey opening accord at all - it's too sharp and caustic for my tastes - but after a half hour, Lagerfeld really settles down into a comfortable, warm, relaxing scent. The drydown is very good, because by then Lagerfeld loses most of its powdery sweetness and it smells very leathery (even though leather isn't listed as a note), musky and masculine. The shower gel and after shave balm capture this musky drydown extremely well, so this is worth getting as a gift set.

If you hate powdery scents, this will probably not be for you. I'm not a huge fan of powdery fragrances, and I don't love Lagerfeld, but its great drydown makes this worth trying, especially considering how inexpensive it is now. I find it an interesting fragrance to sample, but hard for me to wear except in the coldest weather.

This is the old and original version of Diesel's "Only The Brave". It looks like perfumers Aliénor Massenet, Olivier Polge and Pierre Wargnye reedited Lagerfeld's formula to create OTB. They smell identical.

The first thing that hits me spraying this cheap edt is something metallic. It's like drinking soda out of a rusty old can. That note only vanishes after about 12 hours. The drydown after that is quite good: rich and a bit boozey. Last week I hit a handkerchief with three shots of Classic and three days afterwards sticking my nose in that hanky is great! Classic works for me provided I spray it no higher than the stomach or arms...

Pucrhased a small bottle (7.5ml) based on reviews here and had high expectations based on those reviews as I really admire and enjoy 80s masculine scents.

However, first spray I was utterly repulsed - it actually made me nauseous. Ridiculously sweet, powdery cheap and feminine - smells like a grannie's handbag!