Sergio Tacchini (Eau de Toilette) by Sergio Tacchini

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Sergio Tacchini Sergio Tacchini 1987 Eau de Toilette

8.0 / 10 106 Ratings

A popular perfume by Sergio Tacchini for men, released in 1987. The scent is fresh-woody. It is being marketed by Desire Fragrances Inc. / Apple Beauty / First American Brands.
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Main accords

Fresh

Woody

Citrus

Spicy

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lime

Bergamot

Clove

Rosemary

Heart Notes

Lemon leaf

Lily of the valley

Lavender

Base Notes

Sandalwood

Patchouli

Vetiver

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Ratings

Scent

8.0106 Ratings

Longevity

7.489 Ratings

Sillage

6.586 Ratings

Bottle

5.887 Ratings

Value for money

8.946 Ratings

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Reviews

16 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/20/2024

8.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Guitar2016
232 Reviews

Guitar2016

1

A Nostalgic Fragrance for Rainy Days

This is a Gorgeous and a Lovely Aromatic - Fougere scent, A Hidden Gem ! UPLIFTING, Clean, Crisp, Soapy, Airy and Unique. It is very pleasant in raining days and I'm very impressed with this perfume, Easy to wear and makes me feel nice and fresh. It opens up with a bit sharp fresh spicy, soapy citrusy and green notes in the background then dry down is green and woody. Based on Sergio Tacchini Official Site , Top notes: Lime, Bergamot, Rosemary and Clove. Middle notes: Citron Leaves, Lilly of the Valley and Lavender. Base notes: Sandal, Vetiver and Patchouli. This review is based on the new reformulation and Special thanks to Scent Land on YouTube, l read positive comments then I bought it blind-buy. This is a very unique composition perfume with Italian Style and perfect for the spring, summer and fall. I really enjoy it and I love Sergio Tacchini EDT for Men. Longevity is very good, Highly Recommended.
Two Thumbs Up.
Bravo Sergio Tacchini !
Rating : 8.5 / 10

08/18/2024

7.5Scent 6Longevity 7Sillage

manlyscents
96 Reviews

manlyscents

1

Odd for a sports freshie

Tacchini predates, by just a few months, the era of aquatic cookie-cutter freshies that we're still plagued with to this day. It's a spicy-woody masculine freshie with a dollop of styrax. Sharp and quite linear. It was always odd for a sports freshie, and by modern standards it's more of a casual/office scent to be worn in hot weather. Nowadays you'd never find a medicinal rubbery styrax note in a sports fragrance, but this was the 80s when designer perfume companies dared to be different.

The vintage version projects very well for an hour and a half, after which it sits close to the skin. Lasts 6 hours total on me.

Masculinity Level: Ben Affleck in Boiler Room.

01/12/2024

7.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

MrHonest
118 Reviews

MrHonest

1

Sweet soap over fuzzy balls

Tennis references aside, this fragrance is a journey down the hygiene aisle of Hy & Zels. Starts off with a brilliant blast of cheap green soapiness along with something rather sour and strange that I can only associate with overly damp clothing that's been left in a gym bag for a week. Not quite body odour or "old-man funk", but something in the ballpark. What's even more strange is that the accord only lasts for 2-3 minutes before literally breaking apart into a lovely floral lavender and what must be the lemon leaf material. It's an unusually fast transition for what I assumed would be a cheap, linear scent, so this was a welcome surprise. Ten minutes in, the magic begins.

Up to this point, my first impressions were, "ok, so it's another weird-ass bargain Italian-soap freshie", but just a half-hour in, I literally couldn't keep my nose off of my arm. The sweet musk combining with the lavender and rosemary were just fan-effing-tastic. Synthetic yes, but heavenly. True, I'm a child of the 80s so I guess there's some nostaligic influence at work here, but the scent instantly transported me back to simpler times when the height of designer perfumery was literally creating the impression of musky, yet luxury cleanliness. Truly an amazing base despite my initial misgivings, and one that ultimately made me fall in love with the stuff.

To be blunt, what we have here is nothing short a bar of green soap perfectly blended with sweet 'n' spicy man-musk, tailor made for the locker room of the 1980s sports arena or golf course. Moreover, the quality is about on par what you would expect from Azzaro, Lacoste, Hugo Boss and Ralph Lauren at the time. And although the "For Men" or "Per Uomo" addage is missing, the implication is clear. This is the bathroom scent of a dude with dark hair, chest fuzz and a scraggly moustache - untamed, yet proper; rough, yet well-dressed; polite, yet cocky - the kind of dude that does business on the playing field; his giant Motorolla DynaTAC conveniently within arm's reach.

Longevity is surprisingly good for a freshie too, owing in no small part to the synthetic base materials. Projection is about average, especially since the atomizer gives out a healthy dose of juice with each spray. Really no complaints there.

So despite the uniquely peculiar opening, I can honestly say that it's quickly become one of my favourite soapy throwbacks in the last couple of years. Need to mention that I picked it up for dirt cheap from a bargain bin - which you might assume given the tacky, cheap plastic-adorned bottle, feather-light cap and mediocre atomizer - but the scent still gets a Fonzie thumbs up from me. Ehhh! Another wicked cheap time machine in a bottle. And sometimes that's enough to make me smile. :)

05/21/2018

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Jazzy76
320 Reviews

Jazzy76

Good scent, nice price

I tested this scent when I had to choose a perfumed gift for my friend. It was on sale (7 € for 30ml!)and I smelled it from the paper strip and on my skin too: it was very very good! I smelled mainly the citrusy and aromatic notes and less the patchouli base, but I found it anyway well balanced, intense but discrete and perfect to wear at the office too.
When my friend smelled this little gift , He appreciated it so much and now I know that this one has become his signature scent!

10/29/2015

10Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sunstorm
34 Reviews

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Sunstorm

Top Review 13

Tennis at the End of the 80s...

...back then Germany was still a tennis nation. As a Swiss, I couldn't resist making this little jab here ;-) And I say this as a fan of Germany, both in football and in tennis. The unforgettable World Cup final in 1990 and Andy Brehme's goal for victory. That was a long time ago, I was 14. The fragrance is from that time.

In 1992, I started my apprenticeship as a businessman and cheekily asked our deputy director what kind of perfume he was using. It was so fresh, creamy, unpretentious, subtle, noble, sweet, powdery. Incomparable to the other fragrances of that time, which tended to be more flashy. He wrote the name down for me, and just a few days later, I had bought my first EdT. A scent that is actually not meant for a young man, as I think today. But who cares, I wore it with joy back then...every day at the office. I was one of the first in the company to work with IBM AS400 (was it called that?) with Windows 2.0. It was so much less stressful back then than it is today *sigh*

Thanks to this site, I rediscovered it! And it’s so beautiful: all the images from my youth come flooding back. The early 90s. Terrible clothes, way too baggy...still from the 80s. Horrible shirts in pastel colors and indefinable brown-beige-green tones. Today, you couldn't even donate those pieces!

Where does the fragrance fit today? I would say it’s a classic men's scent for the office. It is surely still appreciated today! It is clearly associated with another time, but not everything was worse back then than it is today. Sergio Tachchini belongs to that era. I have never tried another EdT from this house. I actually don’t want to, because I love this one. It’s a shame that you hardly hear anything about this brand today. It would be great if Federer could wear it or Stan Wawrinka. But that’s probably just wishful thinking. A great classic men's fragrance for a wild time a few years before the internet.

A small addendum. Today at the office, I asked young and older ladies about the fragrance. The conclusion is overwhelmingly positive. The scent is fresh, soapy, noble, and subtle. And it fits very well in the office. So folks, the fragrance may be from 1987, but it’s not out of style. And the good thing: almost no one knows it anymore, because it’s only available online.

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Statements

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Mikael

4 years ago

7Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

3

Very unique, a floral fougere. The lily of the valley is prominent. A bit on the 'synthetic' side.

RobbieX

2 years ago

9Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

3

A beautifully blended fresh woody and soapy scent. This juice is so good. Could be a classic actually

Jazzy76

7 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

2

A wonderful and very affordable aromatic-citrusy scent with a quite good sillage. Recommended also as a gift!

Nostrildamus

3 months ago

7.5Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

2

Released when engaging in sex was considered sport, I believe it was an olympic event. Clean and fresh.

Linoskoczek

10 months ago

7.5Scent 6Longevity 4Sillage

1

Oldschool but aged better than most. Breaks the classic soapy-fougere with slight, "wet-biscuit" sweetness. Hidden gem, great for the price.

Axiomatic

8 months ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

41

37

Clove and lily of the valley engage in masculine subversion.
Fougère masquerade by the pool in Rimini.
Euterpop: boys boys boys. *

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Eggi37

7 months ago

7.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

33

34

Sport was yesterday
Laundry is now
citrus-fresh & soapy-clean
like lily of the valley/herb soap
Dries on a wooden branch
However, a bit too washed out

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