Drakkar Noir Guy Laroche 1982 Eau de Toilette
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Runes, deja vu and rock n' roll
Drakkar Noir, the black dragon boat, the supposed scent of the ravening Northmen and essence of the twilight of the gods "Ragnarök", locked up and tamed in a thick, black bottle with an insinuated runic script that lies in the hand like a millennia-old, smooth stone washed up by the cold Baltic Sea, is a completely harmless fragrance.
It is fresh, green but also somehow icy. Not a fragrance that would do justice to a Viking. However, I can understand the association with cold, misty forest landscapes.
I'm far too young to have experienced the hype surrounding the fragrance, but I came across the name when I first entered the world of perfume. I didn't test it for a long time, but always assumed it must be something very special, even controversial.
Well, I think it used to be special. I went crazy when I tested it, not because of the intensity or quality of the fragrance, but because it seemed so outrageously familiar.
I knew this fragrance, which was supposed to be unknown to me. And I knew it well. It was already present in my home when I was a child, omnipresent in sports changing rooms at school and occasionally in my shower at home. It smells the way deodorants and shower gels for men smell, or at least many of them do.
Or should I say they smell like Drakkar Noir? I'm not talking about the typical, newer "blue fragrances" like Bleu de Chanel etc. and the products that go in a similarly aquatic direction I mean classic "For Men" products that are so inconspicuous and unagitated that the fragrance is no longer even noticeable.
Drakkar Noir is familiar to many people who have never heard of it.
Somehow strange, I have never experienced such strong deja- vus with any other fragrance.
The fragrance itself is actually great to wear again if you want to smell fresh and masculine but not like the sea. It is also not perceived as an "old man" fragrance, just as very masculine.
However, I imagine the fragrance 40 years ago as an absolute revelation. It was preceded only by heavy leather or dry fougere and chypre fragrances and then came the minty, lemony and ice-cold DK. I wonder what fragrance molecules are in there, maybe some kind of 80s aldehyde?
My scent association here is clearly glam rock and metal bands and other artists of the 80s and 90s. Artificial fog, guitars, leather and black record covers.
It's funny that on the one hand this fragrance is reminiscent of the most ordinary, normal and everyday shower and is simply associated with cleanliness and the original intentions are somehow recognizable in the shadows.
A solid, masculine fragrance that is not subordinate to the mainstream today, but has played a large part in its creation. Just like rock in the 80s.
It is fresh, green but also somehow icy. Not a fragrance that would do justice to a Viking. However, I can understand the association with cold, misty forest landscapes.
I'm far too young to have experienced the hype surrounding the fragrance, but I came across the name when I first entered the world of perfume. I didn't test it for a long time, but always assumed it must be something very special, even controversial.
Well, I think it used to be special. I went crazy when I tested it, not because of the intensity or quality of the fragrance, but because it seemed so outrageously familiar.
I knew this fragrance, which was supposed to be unknown to me. And I knew it well. It was already present in my home when I was a child, omnipresent in sports changing rooms at school and occasionally in my shower at home. It smells the way deodorants and shower gels for men smell, or at least many of them do.
Or should I say they smell like Drakkar Noir? I'm not talking about the typical, newer "blue fragrances" like Bleu de Chanel etc. and the products that go in a similarly aquatic direction I mean classic "For Men" products that are so inconspicuous and unagitated that the fragrance is no longer even noticeable.
Drakkar Noir is familiar to many people who have never heard of it.
Somehow strange, I have never experienced such strong deja- vus with any other fragrance.
The fragrance itself is actually great to wear again if you want to smell fresh and masculine but not like the sea. It is also not perceived as an "old man" fragrance, just as very masculine.
However, I imagine the fragrance 40 years ago as an absolute revelation. It was preceded only by heavy leather or dry fougere and chypre fragrances and then came the minty, lemony and ice-cold DK. I wonder what fragrance molecules are in there, maybe some kind of 80s aldehyde?
My scent association here is clearly glam rock and metal bands and other artists of the 80s and 90s. Artificial fog, guitars, leather and black record covers.
It's funny that on the one hand this fragrance is reminiscent of the most ordinary, normal and everyday shower and is simply associated with cleanliness and the original intentions are somehow recognizable in the shadows.
A solid, masculine fragrance that is not subordinate to the mainstream today, but has played a large part in its creation. Just like rock in the 80s.
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