Reviews of Versace Man (2003)
by Versace

Versace Man starts out with a strong flower and spices not the really compliment each other. The top notes actually last a long time but they smooth out to a sweet, tobacco, spice base that is really nice. Like others have said, its synthetic, but in a good way. When I first smell this, I was like "This smells like bug spray." Ew......but.....after a few minutes, I was in love. I turned back around on the highway and went back to buy it. Couldn't resist.

This shares the tobacco note that makes up Versace The Dreamer, but is a bit more complex. I like this one a whole lot more than The Dreamer (Versace Man doesn't open smelling like acetone) but for the most part I didn't care for it. It's just too dark and tobacco-leaf smelling, and I prefer fragrances with a bit of sweetness. It's definitely manly however, and quite unique. Give it a try if you're into that type of fragrance.

And then there's Versace Man Eau Fraîche, which is a completely different type of fragrance. It's light and airy, sweet and slightly "perfumey", with a strong starfruit note. It's one of my favorites.

I cannot even begin to describe how much I love, love, love, love this fragrance. It is by far the only scent that gathered the most amount of compliments from so many people throughout the time I used it. It is simply a masterpiece, and a true gem that resembles no other scent that I experienced.

First things first: yes, it smells synthetic from head to toe like all other Versace scents. But a very, very divine synthetic. I read somewhere that it was created for a 'temperamental man', and that is true. The guy wearing this likes to live life big: big emotions, big loves, big thoughts, big highs, crucial lows. It has a very dramatic feeling to it, very much like an opera character. Yet, there is a very tender and soulful quality to it as well. The top notes include neroli, bergamot and angelica.
Now that is very ordinary actually, especially for am Italian brand to open notes with citruses, but angelica note sets it apart from any other generic citrus openings. From the get-go, it is sizzling.
And then you move to heart notes rather quickly which are composed of saffron and cardamom. It is indeed spicy, and maybe that's what makes it really irresistible. And it is very warm, though still quite clean.

What I love about Versace scents are even though they are synthetic and sometimes sweet, they are always very well-thought out. They are like complex equations. They last very long on the skin, but leave a very masculine note at the end that lingers on you until the day is out. And mostly that final note is a rich and suave tobacco, and in the case of Versace Man, the composition is no different. The base is quite amber-y with tobacco, and casmir (an Eastern wood). I also read that labdanum, the flower is also included here, but my nose is not that well-trained.

I must say, as anything Versace, this is a very sexy mix. And a very modern blend. I know people have reservations about being too 'synthetic', but there is 'cheap synthetic', and there is 'clean and suave synthetic'. This falls into the second category. It is not as obnoxious as Dolce&Gabbana Man, or as gender-mixed as Prada Amber Pour Homme. In fact, this has much more amber than the latter one. But these three are successful synthetic scents no matter what anyone says, and Versace Man is the greatest and sexiest, at the same time most sophisticated of all three.

So many compliments, so many good memories.

Kinda like a spicy version of ck Be with a tobacco drydown. Different but this isn't masculine and more unisex.

İ hate neroli, i do not like cardamom or bergamot much. I like tobacco a lot but i don't smell any of them in Versace man. They should have blended all very hard i think. The main point is i like it. When smellt on a card İt is sweet (fruity floral) to me which i would think to be feminine but when worn by a man it is not. It is an atractive young modern humorous man fragrance.

Indeed “glamorous” as a previous reviewer has noted. And for some reason, this brings me back to the gool ol 80’s as I remember my uncle (in his mid 20’s then) in his brown rustic bomber jacket, plain white v-neck shirt w/ his Italian gold chain dangling by his chest and a pair of skinny/tight fitted jeans posting outside the house leaning by his red Porsche w/ tan leather interior just hanging out watching the sunset with a few girls (HOT girls I’ll tell ya!).. now that’s pimp! This cologne is very playboy-ish…you’ll need to be in the right mood to make pull this off! ….works for me ;-)

p.s. When the scent lingers around inside your car and mixes with the fine leather upholstery… something very intoxicating about it…and chicks dig it!!

Great fragrance! The "Man" line by Versace proved to be wonderful!
I found the base notes of "Man" quite feminine, although the tabacco leaves are very evident...

Wonderful from the very start... the pepper note is very very strong at the beggining, but soon fades out... leaving a delicious combination of tabacco and kashmir..

stays close to the skin, the angelica flowers come through most to me, but my girlfriend gets the pepper more so. very nice fragrance to wear for basically any occasion, and women absolutely love it from the reactions i've gotten so far. it's also nice that it's readily available on ebay, and hard to find in many popular stores, with most stocking the au fraiche. It's one of my favorite fragrances, most definitely a mainstay in my wardrobe.

All the notes in the pyramid to me all to become one mass. And that is berry/fruit/liquor, that's all I seem to get. Not horrible, but a bit synthetic and just not really for me. Not bad sillage and lasts, even after washing you may still catch a whiff of it.

Similar to D&G, but different enough during drydown to purchase anyway. i like this one and very surprised that I didn't buy it sooner.

Sweet, rather synthetic and thoroughly enjoyable. It is very nicely balanced with its sweetness in combination with the drier ingredients. There are some edgy notes in here—angelica, saffron, Kashmir wood, labdanum—they give a depth not often seen in many of the modern designer sweet fragrances, and they are handled subtly and with aplomb. I particularly enjoy the angelica note in the opening—angelica is a great note for adding an earthy etherealness. I like the way the tobacco is handled, too — better, I believe, than the tobacco accord in The Dreamer. Versace Man has a nice sillage that is not overwhelming in spite of its sweetness; and it hangs around on my skin for an impressive length of time. Personally, this is way too young a scent for me, but it is a highly commendable fragrance for the younger crowd. A truly, truly ugly bottle, though.

A very nice scent it's a soft scent stays close to my skin in my opinion a nice spring or summer scent a thumbs up

awesome fragance and very original, nice spicy-aromatic base with a sensual touch, very versatile.. no doubt i`ll buy it soon.... hope the new releases could be like this,

high ratings.... !

Versace man is my signature fragrance because the ladies love it, and the average joe doesn't know about this great fragrance. I get many compliments from both sexes on this fragrance, but I never tell anybody what I'm wearing. I will only share my dirty little secret with the basenotes community.

I am amazed that nobody has compared Versace Man to D&G. The top notes are slightly different as more sweet, refined and more multidimensional than D&G, but thereafter the frag is the same. And D&G outstays V M.

The bottle is toyish, with the large plastic cap more suited for an adolescent playing oversized Legos than an adult.

Overall, I really like V M, but wanted more differences between it and D and G. I just wish they were bolder in making a variant from the classic D&G that most of us adore.

I think this has to be the best cologne I've bought recently. It starts of smelling almost like fruit loops, and as time goes by it just gets better and better. This is a light fragrance, so its lasting power isn't the best.

Mysterious and overwhelming. interesting blends of bitter-sweet notes and distinguishable. at the first is a bit like Escada's Magnetism-I think saffron is make it similarity. reminds me cigarettes butts and pipe. perfect and enjoyable.

A wonderful chameleon. Starts out very floral and citrus-y on me, with the neroli predominant. Dries down to a musky, amber-y base, then the florals come back in. Lasts all day. NOT for those who don't like florals and greens (e.g., Green Irish Tweed, Baldessarini etc.).

I get some kind of chocolate covered citrus fruit out of this. Good stuff with nice lasting power.

A good scent, but the heavy amber note makes it somewhat hard to distinguish from the many other amber scents on the market. If someone sprayed it and didn’t tell me what it was, I’d be hard pressed to distinguish it from Prada or Costume National Scent Intense. That being said, if you like either of these other two and can’t afford (or don’t want to pay) the $90 for the CN or the Prada, Versace Man is a pretty good substitute. To be honest, though, I still like the original Versace L’uomo that Gianni made back in the early 1980’s.

I definitly think this is one of Versaces better products. It is definitely me. As usuall with me I think this should come in EDP.
benb

Very interesting. I was at a department store just walking through the perfume section when this woman accosted my friend and me with a bottle of Man. She sprayed it twice on his arm and then on mine, then she said "Ooooh you have light skin, it'll be marvellous on you!" and sprayed some more.

I didnt realize at the time how nice it was (you know how it is with all those other fragrances around) or I would have asked for a sample. Only as we walked out the door and met up with our female friend who had been in the women's perfumes did I realize it. She sniffed me and said "mmm you smell like man" and she couldn't stop smelling me the whole way home.

As for staying power, I took a shower and I can still smell it as if I hadn't.

Very strange. Some days I think its great others I wonder why I havent traded it off. The scent is unlike any I have ever had or tried before. So in the least, it is different. The scent starts off strong but loses power and fades away on my skin in less than two hours and then out of nowhere it occasionaly shows up throughout the day. Not one that projects itself far but is also not a skin-hugging fragrance. Worth a try because it is different but may not sit well with you. Who knows, this could be another frag that needs a certain skin chemistry to pull it off.

Menthol/camphor ouverture. A Hugo Boss Dark Blue with better developing power. Drydown is tobacco, in the Dreamer's mold. Very masculine and in your face. Lasts for AGES.

The saffron, Kashmir wood, tobacco and sweet notes in Versace Man combine to make a very strange fragrance that smells like grape bubble gum mixed with dank drift wood. Sometimes it smells okay, but most of the time, I really cannot stand it. It's way too musty and it tries to do too much at once, causing the notes to clash badly. It just does not work well at all. After about 15 minutes, the spices take over making it slightly better, but it still isn't that great.

Great scent! Very different than other scents...

It's okay. Gave it a try and while nice enough just not as nice as Dreamer. Dreamer is just the cream of the crop.

A sweet spicy but above all elegant composition. I particularly like the saffron note in it! However the base accords are a bit flat and that's where this perfume is lacking!!!Pity because this is very close to being perfect...

I like this fragrance the drydown is
sweet-spicy-powdery on my skin.very balanced.

Finally, after years of drek, another hit from Versace...This and Blue Jeans are my favorites! MAN starts with a light floral, tobacco-sweet topnote, almost watery due ot the neroli and bergamot, but then develops into a warm powdery drydown reminiscent of Blue Jeans...a bit sweeter and more aromatic than the current GUCCI/YSL offerings, but shares that same wood and amber base. I love it, love the bottle, love the package - hurrah, Donatella!

First accords made me think it's a modern oriental. Unfortunately, on my skin it developed into watery sweet spicy scent. The base note deserves not to mention it at all. I guess all the attempts to produce good modern oriental fragrance made by various industry players are doomed to fail. It's because of that damn synthetic ingredients, I think. Montblanc's Individuel is in that boat too.