Jacomo de Jacomo (1980) (Eau de Toilette) by Jacomo

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Jacomo de Jacomo Jacomo 1980 Eau de Toilette

Version from 1980

8.1 / 10 247 Ratings

A popular perfume by Jacomo for men, released in 1980. The scent is spicy-smoky. It was last marketed by Sarbec.
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Main accords

Spicy

Smoky

Woody

Earthy

Animal

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Cardamom

Galbanum

Lavender

Heart Notes

Clove

Caraway

Cinnamon

Geranium

Rosewood

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Perfumer

Christian Mathieu

Ratings

Scent

8.1247 Ratings

Longevity

7.9202 Ratings

Sillage

7.6194 Ratings

Bottle

7.0201 Ratings

Value for money

8.779 Ratings

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Reviews

30 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/21/2020

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Nwhite
31 Reviews

Nwhite

Very helpful Review 7

Jacomo de Jacomo Original

Surrounded by a sea of insecure, hostile candyland niche frags, reeking of jelly donuts and vanilla candles, Jacomo de Jacomo stands alone on the hill raising his fist high and proud.

Zero sweetness, just 100% black awesomeness.

Jacomo doesn't need your attention, he demands it.

4.5 stars

06/13/2015

9Scent 7.5Longevity 10Sillage

GothicHeart
133 Reviews

GothicHeart

Helpful Review 9

Erstwhile Joy...

1991 was a strange year.
On May, I answered to a desperate, poetic ad in a heavy metal magazine.

"I can no longer cope with my existence, in my glaring pitch-black territory, wailing endlessly over the end of the world. My future, a little water in your eyes."

A couple of days later I found her waiting outside my door.
On the same night, while she stood by the window, naked and moonlit, she was emanating a bluish, otherworldly aura in the dark room.
She was the most comfortable while naked person I ever met, stripping herself not only from her clothes, but from norms, rules and conventions as well.
She was a heavy smoker, and what's more, she was playing with the ashes in the ashtray during our long talks.
She had her nails always painted in black.
She always wore an old oversized leather jacket over her gypsy dresses.
She had grey, troubled eyes, which were like two shards of her shattered soul, trying to escape her battered body.
She was tacking cloves in her short maroon hair.
Her rough skin was beaming a surreal torrid smell of cummin and milk.
She was acting crazy most of the time, to the point of wondering whether she was posing a threat to herself.
She taught me how important it is to share your last cigarette.
She showed me the melting point of patience, cause a three hour train ride in order to meet her was always feeling like millennia.
Every street urchin knew her by her first name.
She was living in an old house, with a small yard full with carnation bushes.
Her febrile mind was geysering dark poems; each of them a new cicatrice to a heart already covered with scars.
All I recall is that I kept on following her.
I followed her to her small hometown.
I followed her through her jewel making years.
I followed her on a mountainy island in early autumn.
I followed her in a southern Greek island for a week in summer.
I followed her through a song that I wrote for her and she never listened.
I followed her through countless silent whimpers in empty hotel rooms.
But I was too scared to follow her through life.
Her name was, most ironically, Joy.
Jacomo de Jacomo is how she smelled like.
Joy de Jacomo is how I call it ever since...

03/01/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Helpful Review 6

Black oddity

Jacomo de Jacomo opens with a hyper-black, hyper-dry fougère blend dusted with an intoxicating, overwhelming dose of dry and bold spices, notably cloves – pungent, harsh, almost rough. Really modern, if you ask me: the structure is of a classic masculine cologne (leather, patchouli, oak moss, woods, etc.), but this ultra-dry, black, spicy fog is pure “future baroque” for me. A really creative variation on the theme. Can’t really describe the smell exactly, but it’s really pungent, sour, dry and as I said, quite harsh. Together with oak moss and leather it creates a threatening and austere feel, like crashing on the dusty arid soil of a black planet (any Sisters of Mercy fan out there?). Think of some dark powerhouses like Krizia Uomo, Krizia Moods, Smalto PH, just with a crazy dose of cloves. Then however, quite soon a bit of the charme fades away; after one hour or so, as the spices tone down, it emerges the bone-structure of Jacomo, which is a more conventional and softer “barbershop” scent: woody, herbal, mossy and soapy, still spicy, dry and dark but a bit more friendly, lighter and more wearable (but also slightly more dull in a way, as without that crazy initial blackness it becomes more close to just another “generic” barbershop scent like many others – still good and still different, just with a bit less of that “special” added value). Anyway: an austere, creative and shady take on the classic masculine scent, fascinating and quite ahead of its time for sure, well crafted and a must for any “gloomy fougères” enthusiast.

7,5/10

(vintage version)

11/15/2023

JavSantana
68 Reviews

JavSantana

2

I don't see any smoke - smelling ingredient listed...

Wrong note listing. No note from the olfactive pyramid showed here presents a smoke nuance. In the opening it has other herbal notes, i cannot personally pick one out so it's an aromatics bouquet. In the base it surely has other woods like vetiver, cedar, sandalwood, animalic musk, oakmoss, patchouli, amber, and the king of all the base notes: A smoky leather note based upon birch tar or cade, which is pretty much similar to smelling a bonfire or firewood burning, even a BBQ or grilling with coal.

Now, that being out of the way, Jacomo is an interesting fragrance. Opens with citrus and herbals as nice chypres from back in the day and from the 1980's, and the spices it has in the heart kind of give me Santos de Cartier vibes, which i also have in my collection. (Santos Concentree)
In the base i note the smoke - forward leather accord and a ton of oakmoss and patchouli. So it's pretty much a herbal, warm spicy, slightly floral and citrus, smoky, leathery, mossy and earthy kind of scent. I do also note an ever so slight sweetness to smoothen out the rough leather and moss notes. In my skin the drydown pretty much smells of a freshly smoked cigarette butt with earth, spices, herbs, amber and moss.

The worst thing about it is, i like it. (Just kidding)
The perfect scent for a heavy tobacco smoker if you want something that DOES ACTUALLY smell like tobacco.

Bottom line: Great 80's scent, rather unique. Even though works in any climate, i would advice to wear it only during winter and at night. It's that dark. I would assume TF's Oud Wood Intense and Beauforts are a toy compared to this. And it costs 20 bucks above anything. I advice it more than most designers. Greetings and take care.

Updated on 12/27/2025

10/25/2025

10Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

DesertTartan
93 Reviews

DesertTartan

1

Review Jacomo de Jacomo

It opens with a fresh aquatic scent. I’m picking up the lavender and the cardamom. In the heart, there are cloves, caraway, and cinnamon. The basenotes consist notes are oak moss which features heavily in the fragrance and patchouli. In short, it’s a low cost fragrance you can depend on to give you nostalgia of the 80s.

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