Tactics (1979)
by Shiseido

A smooth, dry green floral fragrance with a somewhat powdery (almost dusty) woodsy base. There may also be a touch of white musk in here, providing a slight "laundry detergent" or "cashmere" quality, but the predominant scent to me is green and floral. It is, for this sort of scent, very long lasting - almost all day. The fragrance I would compare it to is L'Artisan's L'Eau du Caporal, only without that fragrance's signature mint. Pretty good stuff and not dated at all considering its 1979 release date.

Love at first sniff. Warm wet earth, grass sprinkled by a light rain, a wildflower accord and a clean artificial note that all blend together into a refined and meditative scent that somehow manages to be both comfortable and enigmatic. Unlike anything else out there, although some of the notes do remind me of the venerable Tabac Original.

A strange scent and quite difficult to describe. My first impression was that I didn't much like it and, even now, it can still remind me of a superior washing detergent. But it is a fragrance, if you'll pardon the pun, that really gets under your skin and has you compulsively sniffing your wrist, partly in pleasure, partly trying to penetrate its secret. It is poetic and unique, and somewhat monolithic in that the opening notes never change much, they simply get more subdued. It somehow manages to smell both conventionally clean and eccentrically weird at the same time. I still think the detergent analogy is a good one, but a detergent layered with overtones and undertones of mystery and refinement.

I've been lucky in getting this particular scent at a local Misuwa grocery outlook for the price of $31.00. I last tried this scent in 1989 and wasn't too fond of it while I was stationed in Yokosuka Japan. But now I've located this scent and I absolutely love it. Very manly with a long stay close to the skin. My girlfriend loves this scent it reminds her of a clean barborshop for men.

Very, very hard-to-find scent by Shiseido, an excellent green floral fragrance. Light, slightly citrusy and very slightly earthy. When I see it again, I'll buy it on spot.

I purchased this beauty when it was available in Canada for a short time. The scent is green in the extreme and quite long lasting. Not sharp, though, as is Aliage, it has a smooth powedery quality. It is very difficult to obtain - at least in North America. The bottle is wonderful: smooth white glass in a rounded square and squat shape.