Royal Copenhagen Musk (1976)
by Royal Copenhagen

This used to be my ALL-TIME favorite, but not anymore. Over the years, fragrance companies have watered down their fragrances and this appears to be one of them. I remember it being a rich, long-lasting GREAT musk. That was then, but this is now and all I can say is, IT'S CHEAP. Its staying power is pathetic, maybe 5 minutes. It is nothing like what I remember. The older version lasted all day. This obviously "new formula" smells mostly like the original RC Musk, but is really, really pathetic. I leave the top off so that hopefully the alcohol will evaporate and leave it a little more concentrated, but that didn't even help. I suppose if this ever came out in an eau de parfum version, then I'd consider buying it. It's truly sad that companies cut back on the essential oils to cut corners. It's just another example of pulling the wool over our eyes thinking we won't notice. Well, we do, and I suppose I'll have to find another alternative. The Kiehl's musk is really nice, as well as Dana's Monsieur Musk. This really used to be my favorite musk, and now I'm sad :(

Sweet, strong, synthetic Seventies sex sap. A must have for fans of Kiehl's and Jovan. This "Disco Stu" juice may take a lot of flak, but, hey, it's sexy enough to have gotten millions of men laid all around the world.

Buy it -- it's cheap. If you don't like it, you can always pack it up as a little gift for your next Basenotes swap.

One of the first fragrances I ever purchased and still evokes many memories for me as well. I would actually wear it again.

Perhaps initially pleasant, but then it becomes altogether too much, sweet, overblown, sickly, lush and gross. In his mistress's powdery boudoir, the pale, flabby posterior of the soft, fat Duke reflects itself in the mirror.

Nothing good lasts forever (as so pithily noted in my Eau D'Orange Verte review...sarcasm doesn't always translate here), nor does anything bad, lest people think I'm rooting for the dark side.

Or even the merely mediocre. It's on the high side at 6.5 out of 10, but not enough to push it into a thumbs up.

This one wears oddly for me and it does wears for a while. Not forever, but close - heavy on the powder with some sweetish flowery shadings under a musky veil, as Starscreeem said it is different for a man's frag.

Even a spray from further away seems to generate the same monstrous sillage. I'm not gagging but it may be a hair too tenacious for me with this type of musk, although the full-tilt metallic musk/powder/floral combo of Acier Aluminium is just as strong and works infinitely better overall.

Hmmm...

I will wear on occasion - colder months only - but I think the original RC was (is?) a better fit for me.

This was one of the first colognes that I bought back in the disco era! I never wear it anymore, but it brings back so many memories when I smell it.