This sounds really weird, but it’s kinda like if i licked my skin then I sprayed the fragrance on top😂.

The drydown of this fragrance reminds me of English Oak and Hazelnut by Jo Malone London, but a bit stylized, less natural, and a touch sweeter.

The original DNA of the fragrance survived through both the Parfums International and Unilever versions, with minor tweaks along the way. Different from Lagerfeld Classic EAU DE TOILETTE and Photo EAU DE TOILETTE, as three disparate perfumes, it is not a flanker, but all three are the same only in the bottle.

Actually, it got replaced by a slightly overwhelming scent of tobacco there was no hint of in the original. This review is based on my experience with the Lagerfeld Classic Aftershave in the splash bottle as opposed to the EDT. Alas, none of my men really wore it, as it was popular with the gay crowd (how I found it), and only for the really confident straight man. However, wearing it for myself is fine - it was like being in a warm embrace of calm self-assurance.

My brother and I shared a bottle and I was always going into his top drawer to spray some on before school. I paid an equivalent of 16 USD for this scent, and upon smelling the juice inside, I would have gladly paid 3x, no 4x that amount! Not quite as brilliant as it was then, but even today’s version kicks the balls to shreds from most releases of recent years, including the often so fu**ing silly niche releases. Classic opens with fresh citrusy notes that fade into an interesting heart of tobacco, sandalwood, orris root and patchouli.

It must have been reformulated for anyone to say it smells like the over the top, gross, sudsy, sneezy Obsession. Im trying to be honestly critical by giving a critical opinion without the nostalgia of smelling this on my dad every day of his life.I was into the full bodied orientals, Cinnabar, Guess for women, and everything new that came along. Apparently, Al Pacino was wearing Classic during the filming of Scarface to get into character (a bottle is visible during the bathtub scene). It definitely smells a lot more expensive than it will set you back for, and the scent trail is fantastic. As time goes by, it does get a bit closer to the old scent, although never being quite similar - actually, keeping very distinct.

The modern version of this classic is less sweet and less unctuously musky than the 1980's vintage was.

Lagerfeld Classic behaves very different on test paper than on your skin, it develops much differently. Even the aftershave has a great performance, the good sillage for the first couple of hours and the scent lasts at least 5 hours on me. I have the Interparfums version, and apparently it is night and day different than the Coty version.