Tiffany for Men (1989)
by Tiffany

To those who want a simple explanation of what this smells like, take vegetables, mix them with sugar and vanilla, and add a tiny bit of mint and spices and you get this. It's basically candied vegetables. It's mildly soapy, although not super soapy at all. It starts off like an in your face 70s-80s powerhouse, but that only lasts for 30 seconds and then it turns into a pleasant scent. One of the most stark transitions I've ever seen in a fragrance. You could definitely wear this to work without any problems. Also, it's easily a unisex scent.

13rd August, 2011.

Tiffany dresses to impress. Classic chypre structure from the hand of J. Polge. Polge actually steals from himself by tweaking the Chanel Pour Monsieur formula in TfM. It's a striking balance of fresh (bergamot/citrus), sweet (vanilla/amber) and spice(rosewood/oak moss) that will charm anybody in sniffing distance. It's been altered a bit over the years but it still sings like a canary on a sunny day. Not bad from a company that brainwashes men into buying overpriced jewelry for their significant other.

10th August, 2011.

If you should ever need a seamless, very pleasant, teflon coated lightly scented, gentle fragrance - this is it! Tiffany for Men is everything that many of these reviews repeat over and over. It is sophisticated, refined, formal, well blended, modern. I like it, but I rarely want to smell this special and cultured. It took me so long to be OK with letting the chips fall where they may and accepting moments as they are. I feel like a traitor to the postmodern world to enjoy something so streamlined with all the parts working as if they were one.

Smells a lot like Pour Monsieur Concentree but it is creamier and ends up being softer - how is that possible?

3rd July, 2011.

Tiffany For Men is Class in a way that it`s not produced anymore. For me it sits between an execution of a Guerlain and a Chanel fragrance, and it`s a fragrance that would suit mens and womens. It starts with a classic citrus accord, bright, sliglhty green and bitter, and at this moment it reminds both of Chanel Pour Homme and Boucheron Pour Homme. Then some powdery aspects join the citrus parts, and at this moment there is an Habit Rouge aura, but more balanced, without the dirty aspects and balanced on the sweet part. There is something slightly balsamic and woody over the citrus and powdery parts. If you like complex fragrances and doesn`t have anything elegant that merges citrus, powdery, woods and resins, Tiffany Men is a strong option to be considered.

22nd June, 2011.

Tiffany for Men is a classic masculine fragrance that I'm glad to own. I have to be in the mood to wear it, but it never lets me down. It's a very floral, powdery oriental like Chanel Pour Monsieur Concentrée (released the same year and also by Jacques Polge), however it smells more refined and classy. I usually hate powdery fragrances, but this one is tolerable and complex.

Tiffany for Men can be a doozy for many fellas, but when approached with an open mind it's not so bad, and will most likely grow on you over time.

25th December, 2010. (Last Edited: 8th February, 2011.)

I feel like I'm going crazy. Tiffany has 1984ed this fragrance. Any evidence that a reformulation has taken place is disappearing. This past summer there were lots of ebay auctions for half used Tiffany bottles with an amber juice. Now I can't even find a picture of those older bottles.

Anyway, the current formulation is good, but excessively powdery. It's so powdery that I always think twice before I wear it. I just associate powdery smells with grandparents.

So, my review would be to take a really good review, say, that of mrclmind, and just add a heapin' helpin' of powder to it. It's a shame too, because this wasn't nearly as (if at all) powdery before the reformulation.

Something to consider is that all noses are different, and my sensitivity to the powdery smell could just be unique to me. I have a theory that oakmoss's replacement is the culprit, because many reformulations bother me.

Not to worry though, as all reading this need just go into Tiffany's and ask for a sample (they're good about it), or just spray yourself with the tester

15th December, 2010.