Drakkar Noir Guy Laroche 1982 Eau de Toilette

In recent years, I have sniffed through numerous fragrances and have thus been able to gather many different impressions. Some scents have given me completely new experiences, while others felt strangely familiar, as if I had fleetingly perceived them on other people in the past.
However, I mostly lacked the images in my head and desperately tried to figure out in what situation I had experienced this scent and who might have worn it.
When I first tested Drakkar Noir, I didn’t have to think long. It hit me like a bolt of lightning, and immediately the right images flashed through my mind.
However, they were not images of people in brightly colored blazers, mullets, or cowboy boots. That would have actually fit well with the heyday of Drakkar Noir. No, in the 80s I was still too young to consciously remember scent impressions.
It was the early 90s, and it was totally trendy to meet in empty factory halls.
In my mind's eye, I saw foggy dance floors where we danced until dawn to hypnotic sounds. It was the heyday of techno, which was slowly emerging from the underground at that time but was initially celebrated in abandoned buildings and halls in private settings before it finally conquered the discos.
As a scent, it was Drakkar Noir that gave this scenario a soul and breathed life into it for me. I can’t remember if it was one of my friends who wore this fragrance, but I often smelled it on those occasions, and every time I use it, I feel transported back to that time.
It clearly speaks for this fragrance that it was still popular in the 90s and even now has a loyal fan base. Currently, it is even being actively promoted again in some countries, with soccer player Neymar Jr. as its figurehead.
In my eyes, Drakkar Noir is timeless, even though it has lost a bit of its luster over time. This is not due to the scent itself, but, as mentioned here, some shower gels now smell similar, and it has often been copied in other ways.
However, one must credit the creators positively for having created a classic that still has enough radiance to let me indulge in past times.