12
by Jean Couturier

This is a soapy, leathery aromatic fougere that starts off smelling like the drydown in Polo, but ends up smelling like a leathery Irish Spring Soap. Very leathery, very strong, and very macho, but not particularly original. If you layered Polo with Paco Rabanne, I think it would smell a lot like 12, which is not a bad thing at all.

I like this scent a lot, but considering the relatively high price for a pretty unoriginal fragrance, it's probably not worth seeking this out, as others have said. If you can find it for like twenty or thirty bucks, it might be worth it, since it is a good powerhouse fragrance.

MY RATING: 7.5/10

13rd October, 2011. (Last Edited: 21st October, 2011.)

It’s a Ford quality and largely typical eighties fougere. Quite a heavy moss note is evident throughout, and it seems to enjoy playing the role of Quorum Lite. It does improve slightly with time, mainly due to its diminishing potency, and consequently the rougher edges are smoothed out. There really is insufficient creativity or quality here to warrant any protracted search for a bottle.

10th April, 2011.

Spicy, herbal, lots of bergamot on top. After a while it smells like a smoky carrot soup. This is the epitome of generic 80's scents.

17th May, 2009.

The most similar scent I know is Sung Homme.
Dark, spicy woody leathery chypre.
Even better than Sung Homme, IMHO.
We don't make this kind of scent anymore, unfortunately!

1st February, 2009.

Macho? Yes. Dirty, dirty disco boy -- big Eighties powerhouse who's forgotten that disco is dead. I've smelled better; I've smelled worse. A good choice if you like big bad bruisers who speak loudly and come cheap.

12nd October, 2007.

I think this is a great scent & I get more compliments on this than on any of the much more expensive fragrances that I own. Ironically, I wore Versailles Homme, Versace L'Homme, 40 Love, Eau Cendree, V.O. & Opium Homme EDP in the 80's & never wore this because it was inexpensive!

1st April, 2007.