Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › MFD Archive › 1000th post and fav 70's scent!
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

1000th post and fav 70's scent!

post #1 of 27
8/4/06 at 5:37pm
Thread Starter 
I know that frags from the 70s get, in general, a lot if critique -too macho, too woody, too dated, too much! , so to "celebrate" this post i would like to know what's your favorite 70's male scent!
Reply
Reply

Features on Basenotes

Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
post #2 of 27
8/4/06 at 5:40pm
I can't even tell you what my favorite is. Welcome to the 1,000 post squad though!!!
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 27
8/4/06 at 6:01pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by castorpollux

I know that frags from the 70s get, in general, a lot if critique -too macho, too woody, too dated, too much! , so to "celebrate" this post i would like to know what's your favorite 70's male scent!

Congratulations on becoming a 5 star general at Basenotes

I was totally new in the fragrance scene in the early 70's and somebody gave me a bottle of Canoe for my BD. I wore that a lot then .
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 27
8/4/06 at 6:02pm
for i never did and would like that period when i was a child, 'cause dreadful architecture, dreadful furniture design and dreadful fashion!!! but anyway, after having a look in our directory i found 3 jewels at least:

vintage/shiseido

captain molyneux/molyneux

hungary water/crabtree&evelyn
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 27
8/4/06 at 6:14pm
Hey, Congrats on the 1000th post!

Hands down, Pierre Cardin (1972) is my runaway favorite frag of the 70's. Many, many good memories and compliments go along with it. I almost feel as if everyone who loves fragrance should sample it at least once ... kinda like a "rite of passage". It gives you a real feel of what the 70's was like. It definitely went along with the times.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 27
8/4/06 at 6:18pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ziffy321

Hey, Congrats on the 1000th post!

Hands down, Pierre Cardin (1972) is my runaway favorite frag of the 70's. Many, many good memories and compliments go along with it. I almost feel as if everyone who loves fragrance should sample it at least once ... kinda like a "rite of passage". It gives you a real feel of what the 70's was like. It definitely went along with the times.

I second Pierre Cardin.

Canoe is from the 30's.
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 27
8/4/06 at 6:20pm
I have two.....Yatagan and Monsieur Musk. I used to get so many good comments everytime I wore Monsieur Musk. It used to be the only scent that I would wear. I broke my latest bottle...dropped it on the sink! Yatagan is the other that I get good compliments on. It's not has horrible as people make it out to be.


S
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 27
8/4/06 at 6:58pm
Pierre Cardin too for me and i STILL wear it from time to time.
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 27
8/4/06 at 7:07pm
Congrats on getting your 5th star! Hm, I've never looked into 70's fragrances.
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 27
8/4/06 at 8:25pm
Congratulations on 1,000 posts of service to Basenotes members! CastorP makes great posts and deserves the thanks and credit of all of us. Welcome to dependency!

Yatagan for me, since helpful members posting before me have reminded me it's a 70s scent, but also the little known Jean Marc Sinon product, "Version Originale," or V.O. Another great one.
--Chris
Reply
Reply
post #11 of 27
8/4/06 at 9:05pm
Happy 1000!!!!!

My favorite 70s scent is actually Jovan Musk. I dab a little of this on occasionally.
Reply
Reply
post #12 of 27
8/4/06 at 9:08pm
congrats on the mega posts!

i wore hermes-equipage and marbert - marbert man during the 70's...funyy kinda...i still have both and wear them fondly from time to time...
Reply
Reply
post #13 of 27
8/4/06 at 11:27pm
Givenchy Gentleman
Reply
Reply
post #14 of 27
8/5/06 at 12:46am
Hmmm... Paco Rabanne PH or Azzaro PH... can't really decide...
Reply
Reply
post #15 of 27
8/5/06 at 1:07am
Congrats!

The original Aramis was my fave 70's scent until i tried Aramis Devin.
Actually i think Aramis came out in the late 60's, but who cares!


KO
Reply
Reply
post #16 of 27
8/5/06 at 1:16am
Congrats man!

My favourite 70`s scent is Yatagan, without a doubt. It`s such a rich scent with amazing drydown!
Reply
Reply
post #17 of 27
8/5/06 at 1:21am
Quote:
Originally Posted by castorpollux

I know that frags from the 70s get, in general, a lot if critique -too macho, too woody, too dated, too much! , so to "celebrate" this post i would like to know what's your favorite 70's male scent!

Definitely Equipage. I don't even regard it as outdated. Formal, masculin, clean,
can be worn by the young too.

And congratulations. May I know where is your name from?
Reply
Reply
post #18 of 27
8/5/06 at 5:26am
Wow, 1000, an inspiration to us all .
I was a kid in the seventies, but my first frag in the 80s was a 70s: Azarro PH. I do not know many, but love Bogart (1975) and Eau d'Orange Verte (1979). Eau de Campagne (1974) is nice too, the latter two of course not being what one usually associates with the 70s.
And then there's the fascinating Hammam Bouquet - from the 1870s
Reply
Reply
post #19 of 27
8/5/06 at 8:46am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandy

Definitely Equipage. I don't even regard it as outdated. Formal, masculin, clean,
can be worn by the young too.

And congratulations. May I know where is your name from?

I Like Equipage too!

I will post something about my name on the off-topic forum soon!

Thanks to everyone for their support!

I also want to post an apology for all the f*-ups i have done on my reviews , see i write very fast and i still don't double check the reviews before posting, so as to get a gut reaction to the fragrance and post whatever comes to my mind first for all the notes and layers and keep it simple... for some reason ,i think that if i ponder too much on a review, i will spoil it!!

I will double check for errors from now on, but will try to keep the reviews "naive" .

I will post later on My fav 70's (1970-1979) frags later on too!
Reply
Reply
post #20 of 27
8/5/06 at 10:29pm
I hadn't quite yet graced the planet =) , but close. As if my wardrobe icon wouldn't tip you off....my favourite 70's frag is Acier Aluminum (1973). Born just 7 years prior to myself.
Reply
Reply
post #21 of 27
8/6/06 at 9:38pm
You can't talk about the '70's without mentioning Paco Rabanne or Azzaro.
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 27
8/6/06 at 9:45pm
I just bought a small bottle of Equipage, and man is this stuff smooth! What a classy, classy 70's fragrance.


KO
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 27
8/7/06 at 9:31am
Equipage, Azzaro, and Pierre Cardin

Congratulations on your 1000th!
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 27
8/7/06 at 10:08am
1971 – Balenciaga Ho Hang
1973 – Aramis 900 Herbal EDC
1974 – Givenchy Gentleman
1975 – Captain Molyneux
1976 – Signoricci 2
1978 – Loewe Pour Homme
1978 – Van Cleef & Arpels Pour Homme
1979 – Nino Cerruti Pour Homme

Congratulations on your 1000th post.

scentemental

Reply
Reply
post #25 of 27
8/7/06 at 10:30am
Kudos!
For me my faves are:
YSL PH
Halston Z-14
Equipage
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 27
8/7/06 at 11:17am
1000 Posts.....Congrats......here are the scents that I used to wear back in the 70's.
1. Pour Monsieur by Chanel
2. Aramis
3. Devin by Aramis
4. Lagerfeld Classic
5. Polo by Ralph Lauren
6. Halston Z-14
7. Jovan Musk Oil
Gary
Reply
Reply
post #27 of 27
8/8/06 at 7:02pm
I have to agree with everyone who said Pierre Cardin.Ive encountered this fragrance throughout my teen years.When I began collecting fragrances,it was one of my first purchases.I bought a giant bottle(I think 8 ozs) around the holidays.This smells like something a gentleman would wear.On a personal note,I once was a security guard at a hotel.One tenant was this old guy who was always dressed impeccable...a real ladies man.He was sickly and I would always assist him.To make it short, he swore by Pierre Cardin.I cant help but to think of the old guy.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: MFD Archive

Features on Basenotes

Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Male Fragrance Discussion › MFD Archive › 1000th post and fav 70's scent!