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post #1 of 51
3/11/10 at 4:32pm
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So, today I finally got the 75ml Joop!
I'd ordered a week or so ago.
I ordered it without ever having sniffed
it, simply because I like my frags sticky
and sweet, and almost every single BNer
use the words 'sickly sweet' when talking
about this.
And boy oh boy, I wasn't disapointed.
I absolutely love this juice.
So nauseatingly sweet I can't help but
dig it.
And it last forever - litterally!
2 sprays on top of each other
lasted 12 hours on me, before it
even began to evapurat. Excellent!

Joop! was never popular, or even sold,
in Denmark, or Scandinavia for that matter
(correct me if I'm wrong), so the smell
was unfamiliar to me.
It's not recognizable here, like for example
Le Mâle, so when wearing this, I will come
of as somewhat exotic, as nobody will know it!

I'm in love!

Any other Joop! fans outthere?!
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post #2 of 51
3/11/10 at 5:45pm
I have always been a fan of it since 1990 nothing other then Angel has been unique as this in the designer fragrance market.

Sweet fruity over deep patchouli and tobacco.
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post #3 of 51
3/11/10 at 6:15pm
I wore some Joop Rococo to work today. Not sure if it's bottle worthy, but I think it's certainly something to sample.
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post #4 of 51
3/11/10 at 6:58pm
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I wanna try out the Rococo too,
the name is fierce, as it refer to
my favorite historical period..!
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post #5 of 51
3/11/10 at 7:35pm
In December 2009 I found myself thinking about buying a 30ml bottle of Joop! I tried it several times, whenever I did I realized that it was not the kind of blend I felt comfortable with: I found the top notes way too sweet, and even though I enjoy sillage and longevity, I always thought Joop!'s was excessive.

Well, here I am, Joop! is finally in my wardrobe: the mid and basenotes are quite enjoyable.
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post #6 of 51
3/11/10 at 8:59pm
Never had it until last year and have been reading the same disparaging remarks as you guys. Tell you the truth, I never smelled it on anyone else so it arrived totally unknown and now I can say that it's one I'll always have at least a little of around. Of course, all one needs is just a little bit of it since it's about as potent as anything ever unleashed on the cologne wearing public.
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post #7 of 51
3/11/10 at 9:21pm
I applaud Joop! for its sheer audacity. I enjoy the notes, but man its strong! I've had a tester for years and there's still enough to scent an army.
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post #8 of 51
3/11/10 at 9:23pm
Well this thread proves it: there's more than one opinion on this forum.
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post #9 of 51
3/11/10 at 9:30pm
If the price is right, sometimes I'll buy a scent that I know I don't like, but which I know is controversial or really innovative. I did that recently with Joop. I saw a 1 oz. for like 8 bucks and snagged it, even though I thought the stuff smelled like white powdered carpet cleaner with a basenote of melted plastic. I'm still pulling it out every once in a while to get a whiff of it, because I'm determined to figure out what it is about this scent that make some people go ga-ga over it. On a positive note, I don't hate it as much as I did initially. Also, I applaud its uniqueness, especially for its time.
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post #10 of 51
3/11/10 at 11:21pm
I really like Joop! Homme, a victim of its own success. I don't have a bottle at the moment but, someday, i know will make a spontaneous purchase of it to add to the collection. A time-capsule gift for the grand-kids perhaps.......
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post #11 of 51
3/11/10 at 11:51pm
I love you, Joop! Homme! I love you for being so sweet that Le Male looks like a glass of Campari in comparison. I love you for being reviled by the perfumistascenti™ and yet selling bucketloads every year. I love you for being the standard by which all men's fragrances are measured...in the opposite direction. I love you for being one of the cheapest frags on my local drugstore's shelf. I love you for spawning Joop! Go, which I will shout from the rooftops to all and sundry that I found perfectly pleasant, thank you very much, with a great citrus opening and a soothing drydown. Mostly, I love you for not being a follower, but a leader...or rather, a wallflower. Keep doing your own thing, Joop! Homme. And whatever you do, don't take advice from Stetson.

Salut.
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post #12 of 51
3/12/10 at 12:21am
Boooo! *pitches a cauliflower* Je detest Joop! Homme!

Rococco is another story. This was I had a full bottle of at one time... before it vanished from shelves.
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post #13 of 51
3/12/10 at 12:54am
Definitively not a fan...
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post #14 of 51
3/12/10 at 1:03am
When we were dating back in 1999, my wife bought me 75 ml of Joop! Homme (in a gift set including 75 ml of aftershave balm - great!). I am so happy to own this one! She knew I had wanted it, and I think she likes it almost as much as I do. Actually, I love this juice. It's one of my favorites for my personal enjoyment. It is difficult to wear this one for work, as it really can scream. I can go a bit heavier on my days off, so that's usually when I wear it. Man, is this stuff powerful! I personally consider this one a powerhouse fragrance. But with Joop! Homme, too much of a good thing is NOT good.

It's interesting that while I love Joop! Homme, I absolutely loathe A*Men. Does anyone else feel this way?
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post #15 of 51
3/12/10 at 1:21am
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Originally Posted by SillageMonger View Post

...It's interesting that while I love Joop! Homme, I absolutely loathe A*Men. Does anyone else feel this way?

Yep!!!
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post #16 of 51
3/12/10 at 4:14am
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Yep!!!

AMEN, Brother perfaddict!!!!
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post #17 of 51
3/12/10 at 4:17am
the drydown has some redeeming coumarin and floral notes, but it is not worth enduring the rest of the fragrance.
I have a west african customer who wears this, and sometimes i will comment on it, as the smell is obvious, and he says "Oh yes, I wore it 3 days ago"
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post #18 of 51
3/12/10 at 4:23am
Hmmm..It's funny...it's soo darn distinctive yet I do not fancy it...Must be it's exorbitantly treacle procedures...But yes, I give it thumbs up for distinguished constituents, though for personal interests...there's just something about it...a sort of vanilla/musk and lavender accord to which I don't like......Oh well...But Yeah...Not a fan of Joop PH and Angel.....But I do love Fleur Du Male !

- Balava -
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post #19 of 51
3/12/10 at 10:10am
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Originally Posted by subhuman85 View Post

I love you, Joop! Homme! I love you for being so sweet that Le Male looks like a glass of Campari in comparison.

Hahaha, hilarious!

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Originally Posted by SillageMonger View Post

It's interesting that while I love Joop! Homme, I absolutely loathe A*Men. Does anyone else feel this way?

Yes, count me in too.
I can't stand this..!
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post #20 of 51
3/12/10 at 11:38am
It's OK, however far from being one of my favorites. But I do think it is better than the majority of watered-down sh*t being sold. Ain't nothing light, ethereal or transparent about Joop Homme - thankfully.
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post #21 of 51
3/12/10 at 2:27pm
Not gonna get any here. A friend of mine has this. Wanted me to try it. I found it nauseating.
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post #22 of 51
3/12/10 at 3:45pm
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I love Joop! Joop! Homme, but I'm loving A*men as well. Joop! Homme is a sillage monster, longevity is in terms of days! One of my favourite clubbing or dating in winter scents. Girls love it too, period.
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post #23 of 51
3/12/10 at 4:26pm
Joop! Homme makes me feel sick to my stomach, so i'm afraid I can only show you 'hatred' for this fragrance...
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post #24 of 51
3/12/10 at 4:34pm
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Originally Posted by magnnum View Post

Joop! Homme makes me feel sick to my stomach, so i'm afraid I can only show you 'hatred' for this fragrance...

It's all good!
The more haters outthere,
the rarer the scent..!
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post #25 of 51
3/12/10 at 4:35pm
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It's all good!
The more haters outthere,
the rarer the scent..!

Those are the words of a Kouros fan!
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post #26 of 51
3/12/10 at 5:08pm
First cousin to Jovan Musk for Men, in terms of "yes, kinda ok, but no, really can't do it." I like it in the way I like the movie "Heaven's Gate" -- excessive, kind of a train wreck, but you have to look, at least, because it's pretty in a weird, different way.
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post #27 of 51
3/12/10 at 6:13pm
Count me as one of the fans. However, the last bottle I bought was back in 97.
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post #28 of 51
3/12/10 at 7:53pm
I'm a fan, too. I had never tried it until late last year, having been heavily influenced by the negative reviews. But as a collector I figured that it was something that I needed to own, so I bought a bottle, cheaply I might add, without even sniffing it.

As it turned out, I love the way it smells! I don't find it as treacly sweet or as tenacious as others do. It is sweet and strong and long lasting, but it wasn't anything close to being the outright monster that I'd expected.

Good stuff!

noggs
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post #29 of 51
3/12/10 at 8:49pm
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Hmm, I get the sensation, that I got ript off here.
You all say it's cheap as trash, but here in DK it's
middlepriced.
I found it at a Danish frag-webshop for DKR 370
for the 75ml, thats $68!!! Not that cheap!

What's the retail price in your country?!
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post #30 of 51
3/12/10 at 8:52pm
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Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post

Hmm, I get the sensation, that I got ript off here.
You all say it's cheap as trash, but here in DK it's
middlepriced.
I found it at a Danish frag-webshop for DKR 370
for the 75ml, thats $68!!! Not that cheap!

What's the retail price in your country?!

Joop! Homme EDT retails for $60 US
(discounters about 50% of that.)
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post #31 of 51
3/12/10 at 9:10pm
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Originally Posted by actiasluna View Post

Joop! Homme EDT retails for $60 US
(discounters about 50% of that.)

I picked one up at sams club for 30 bucks. 100ml
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post #32 of 51
3/12/10 at 9:18pm
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Originally Posted by actiasluna View Post

Joop! Homme EDT retails for $60 US
(discounters about 50% of that.)

Good enough ... I'm happy!
It's just that Shamu1 said
something about $8, so I
was borderline hysterical!



Thank you!
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post #33 of 51
3/12/10 at 9:27pm
Can't remember for sure what I paid, but think that it was equivalent to $30-$35 for 100ml.
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post #34 of 51
3/12/10 at 9:33pm
When I think of Joop! I think of freshmen/sophomore years of highschool in '91-92. I appreciated it then but am not sure if i can now.
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post #35 of 51
3/12/10 at 9:49pm
When I was in Berlin recently, I smelled this on a number of guys. Also, Knize 10 seemed to be popular too. Go figure. But back to Joop Homme, I must say it was one of the first scents I bought and it's quite a revelation in masculine perfumery for a borderline feminine scent this to be so popular amongst the masses. May smell nicer on a lady, but I break it out once in while. EdP strength.
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post #36 of 51
3/12/10 at 10:59pm
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Originally Posted by TJMAC View Post

When I think of Joop! I think of freshmen/sophomore years of highschool

You, too?

This was my first "real" scent after a junior high run with Drakkar Noir. Memories, memories! I picked up a bottle a couple of weeks ago for nostalgia's sake. Rarely wear it, but still love it.

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EdP strength.

lol*10
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post #37 of 51
3/13/10 at 2:39am
I'm a BIG FAN of Joop! Homme. Magnificent stuff.
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post #38 of 51
3/13/10 at 4:25am
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Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post

Good enough ... I'm happy!
It's just that Shamu1 said
something about $8, so I
was borderline hysterical!



Thank you!

Yep, I found a 1 oz. bottle for $8.29 in the clearance section of my local CVS pharmacy a few weeks ago. It came with a dopp kit too. The juice was still good too (good as in not spoiled, not good as in smelling good).
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post #39 of 51
3/13/10 at 5:53am
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Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post

Hmm, I get the sensation, that I got ript off here.
You all say it's cheap as trash, but here in DK it's
middlepriced.
I found it at a Danish frag-webshop for DKR 370
for the 75ml, thats $68!!! Not that cheap!



What's the retail price in your country?!

300,00 Kn or 60,00 dollars, but almost anywhere online you can get it for 25,00 dollars I guess...
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post #40 of 51
3/13/10 at 9:11am
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Originally Posted by Le Grand Duc View Post

And it last forever - litterally!

That's not quite right.
It lasts 5 days if you don't have a shower - very hand if you go on a five day hike in the mountains.

If you want a less strong version, get a bottle of Joop Homme Aftershave Splash. It only lasts two days.
But be extremely careful, it tends to sting like hell and make one's face go all red and splotchy, if actually used it after a shave. Just apply it like a cologne.
Renato

P.S. Joop Homme is currently heavily discounted in lots of shops in Australia - A$35 (US$32) for a 125ml bottle.
I come across 5 or 6 people every day wearing it strongly. Or I come across 5 or 6 very strong sillages during the day in my office building, with nobody in sight.
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post #41 of 51
3/13/10 at 11:00am
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That's not quite right.
It lasts 5 days if you don't have a shower.

Hahaha, excusé moi!
Potato/potato..!
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post #42 of 51
3/13/10 at 12:27pm
I like Joop, and so does famous American filmmaker Ed Powers, according to some actresses
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post #43 of 51
3/13/10 at 12:31pm
I have to be in the mood for Joop Homme, but when I am I think it smells really good.
This is one of the only colognes I really don't want to overspray though.
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post #44 of 51
3/13/10 at 8:15pm
I think that JH would be more widely appreciated if it wasn't used with such a heavy hand. This really is a 1-spray frag.
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post #45 of 51
3/13/10 at 8:44pm
this one is not bad, but it's probably the scent I wear the least in my wardrobe
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post #46 of 51
3/14/10 at 9:58am
what about Joop JUmp?
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post #47 of 51
3/14/10 at 10:30am
In Poland you can find a 125 ml bottle at around $4o. Polish online shops, I mean.
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post #48 of 51
3/14/10 at 8:04pm
Joop = Bleh
Joop Jump = Yay
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post #49 of 51
4/11/10 at 2:39pm
PS Joop! Homme is a unique creation and, as far as I know, it has never been reformulated.

Kudos Wolfgang Joop!
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post #50 of 51
4/11/10 at 2:53pm
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What's the retail price in your country?!

Here in Los Angeles, they pay you to take it out of the store.

LOL.

If you buy it in a mainstream department store, it's probably around $60 or so. Online, it is much cheaper.
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post #51 of 51
4/11/10 at 4:06pm
Joop is very much an evening scent..
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