Jockey Club by Caswell-Massey, 1840

Another interesting old-fashioned scent from Caswell-Massey. Jockey Club goes on with a floral smell, a mix of rose and jasmine made a bit fusty by a shot of talcum powder. It ends up settling fairly quickly into a lilac smell. But it's not that modern lilac that shows up in aquatic florals - instead it's quite dirty, smelling of wood and, well, dirt. It's not unpleasant, and the dirty aspects, along with the barbershoppy powder, actually make it more masculine than you'd expect from an upfront floral. It eventually dries down to gold musk, that smell of old French soap that's simultaneously clean and animalic. I think Jockey Club deserves a thumbs up, but if you're willing to try women's scents, there are much better powdery musky florals out there (Joy and No. 5 spring to mind as obvious benchmarks, distant relatives that don't smell much like Jockey Club but that fit the same basic bill).

It might have been JFK favorite scent but JC CM is awful regardless. The opening is so tart that fries my nostrils, the heart sucks big time and the base is a powdery mess. According to its notes, it is a perfume I should have loved, but I don't. I like barbershop style perfumes, but this one IMO must have been the scent that Sweeny Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street, used. Sillage and longevity are deficient, but that is a virtue on this mess.

Here is a very powdery, very warm, extremely long lasting and powerful scent. Jockey Club is history in a bottle. This scent has a very textured history, from being worn and loved by politicians, actors and musicians to being used in Hoodoo ceremonies as a good luck, prosperity and gambling potion. Jockey Club is one that I hope never goes out of production. It's old school in the best sense of the term. If you want something fresh and modern, you have definitely come to the wrong place. This scent is so retro (1840) that it is almost avant-garde.

Reputedly JFK's cologne. Jockey Club is like comfort food... it evokes fond memories that are probably disproportionate to its actual quality. Its talc smell is clean and fresh.

An unforgiving lilac and musk stinker, wafting from the depths of a "mature woman's boudoir".

Almost a thumbs up. This stuff is flawlessly barbershoppy and lasts pretty well. I don't know why they made the juice green though. I think it has less anise/licorice and more clove/cinnamon than some of the other old barbershop ones, or the neo-barbershoppy Rive Gauche...those notes are usually the dealbreakers for me in this genre. So it's a little less sweet, or maybe sweet in a less pungent way, than the others, and for me that means it's slighly more refreshing. There's some creamy orange peel in there which is a little different from the others as well. Still, it's inescapably old-fashioned so "old man scent" haters may want to beware, even though it's not one of the 70s-type that seem to be the biggest offenders. In the end, the orange peel becomes very prominent and it reminds me of Equipage more than anything else. I'd take Jockey Club over a lot of its kindred, but it's still a tad too much licorice for me to enjoy reguarly. I'm hoping to find an alternative from among the Trumpers line.

Men's scents don't get any more old-school than this. I usually don't care for powdery scents, but the 1800s barbershop vibe is so strong with Jockey Club, I just can't resist. It's a barbershop talc bomb with a touch of floral notes and a strong green soapiness. Think warm, lime-scented shaving cream, with a brushing of talc on your neck, and you've got a pretty good idea of what Jockey Club is like. If I were to compare this to another scent, I'd describe it as a green Royal Copenhagen. Jockey Club goes hand-in-hand with handlebar moustaches, suspenders, bowties, leather vests, etc. No worries about the overuse of the term "classic" here, because this is surely a scent that, while old-fashioned, will always smell good and relevant. Despite the silly name, I can just see Sam Elliott wearing this after getting a shave and a haircut in a scene from one of his Westerns. This is very good.

The definitive "barber shop" scent. Very dry and powdery and very green. Runs the gamut of light green to deep Polo-esque greens. Smells like a primo talc powder. I find that it lasts a long time, even after subjecting it to a smoky environment. Very old fashioned, in a good way. I don't wear it much, but I can't ever be without it. Classic, in every sense possible

Never before have I seen such a disparity between the published fragrance notes (copied below) and reality. Not that this a bad scent. I will join other reviewers in their positive comments on what is essentially a powdery old-timey barbershop post-shave refresher. Light florals with perhaps some citrus in the background are all I smell. A pleasant, clean smell that lasts an hour or so.

Fragrance Note(s): Sparkling Citrus, Bergamot, Green Notes, Waterflowers, Sheer Woods, Amber, Patchouli, Soft Mousse

My initial impression of this cologne when I sprayed it was panic! Get it off of me! But once it dried down, I was extremely impressed. Others have mentioned "talcum powder" in reviews for Canoe, Clubman by Pinaud, and Lagerfeld Classic. THIS cologne really smells like talc, with the others paling in comparison. I absolutely love this frag and it's easy in my top 5. I have yet to smell anything similar to it (including the colognes/after shaves mentioned in the reviews on this page.