Oakmoss and cigarette butts: ROGUE!!!

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Have any of you tried Rogue by Beverly Hills Polo Club? I've been seeing this cheapie recently popping up in TJMaxx and Marshalls, and it's a definite powerhouse. This is so 80s in style that I'd call it outdated, if I didn't like it so much. I think this is a recent release, but you'd never know it from the smell. This easily could have come out in 1981. This juice makes Drakkar Noir smell modern.

Basically this is a somewhat sweeter, more leathery take on Quorum. It's a big tobacco, leather and moss bomb. It literally smells to me like a bunch of cigarette butts blended with loud green oakmoss and a ton of leather. This is open-shirt, medallion wearing macho man stuff. You cannot wear this discreetly, even if you apply it lightly. Even in small doses, it's brash and crude. This a perfect fragrance for disco freaks, porn stars, leg breakers, bookies, etc.. I wore this a few days ago to work with a suit and tie, and I felt a bit ridiculous, as if the smell didn't suit the occasion. It's just too in-your-face for work, even for me. This is a great power scent for hanging out.

No, it's not the strongest frag I own, but on my skin it produces almost obnoxious sillage. Fans of Halston Z-14, Gianfranco Ferre For Him, Witness, Quorum, and the like, will love this. If you hate 80s frags, I guarantee this will have your stomach churning.

I wouldn't worry about this stuff disappearing from the shelves. There's not a big audience for loud macho 80s colognes. They also sell it at CVS for $10 for a 1.7 oz. bottle, in the shelves where the cosmetics are (not in the fragrance cabinet). It sells at the Maxx for $12.99 for a 2.5 oz. bottle.

Strange, I just Googled the name, and this frag is nowhere to be found. I don't get it, because I've seen it in at least two TJ/Marshalls over the past week, and I saw it at three CVS stores recently, as late as yesterday. CVS also has a small tester of it, so you can try it out before you buy.

Sorry man, I can't even find a picture of this online. I'll have to take a picture of my own bottle myself and post it. I've even tried searching "JDL Enterprises", which is their distributor, online, and no luck. This frag is a complete mystery online, because it's not hard to find in stores here.

I never really thought of this as being like Polo, but now that Swanky mentioned it I can smell some similarity. However, Polo to me smells timeless and Rogue smells totally locked into a hairy chested Eighties night club vibe. Polo smells more aromatic and woody to me, while Rogue is much more leathery. Also, I wear Polo to work a lot, whereas Rogue for me is too brash for work, even in small doses.

I wouldn't spend $19.99 on that four-pack, because the other three frags are horrendous. BHPC Classic is the worst fragrance I've ever smelled, tied with Wings For Men. The other two are rubbish as well. Which means you're paying $20 for a dinky bottle of Rogue. It's a really good power scent, but not $20 for that small of a bottle. I would have bought the Giorgio For Men too.

Check out CVS Pharmacy. That's where I bought mine last week.

Be careful guys, and don't make the mistake of buying the Classic. It is truly ghastly. The worst fragrance, tied with Wings For Men, I have ever smelled.

I think you're absolutely right about Rogue, MB - I don't think there's any birch tar or leather either in Rogue. For the longest time, I'd suspected there was a walloping dose of leather in this, but now I realize that what I've been smelling all this time is not leather, but LAUREL (i.e., bay leaf). I've come to realize that laurel, when it's blended with patchouli and oakmoss, tends to give fragrances a rich, leathery smell. I've since bought a bottle of laurel essential oil, and I realized that laurel is the culprit in Rogue.